Do you, like me, frequently flip the arguments of the service command like this?
$ sudo service restart apache2
restart: unrecognized service
This tiny "library" (less than 1kb) gives you a bit more helpful error message:
$ sudo service restart apache2
restart: unrecognized service
Did you mean 'service apache2 restart'?
There is a second mode in which the script will automatically try to run the command you meant to run, not just give a warning:
$ sudo service restart apache2
restart: unrecognized service
You probably meant 'service apache2 restart'
* Restarting web server apache2
...
To add this capability to your system, simply run install.sh (which will likely require elevated privelages). If you want to install the version which only warns you about the flipped arguments, use the --warn flag or no arguments at all. If you want the version which automatically tries to run the command you meant to run, use the --force flag.
The installation will add the shell script /usr/bin/unrecognized-service-autocorrect, and soft links that point there from the following locations:
* /etc/init.d/start
* /etc/init.d/stop
* /etc/init.d/reload
* /etc/init.d/force-reload
* /etc/init.d/restart
* /etc/init.d/status
The script will not overwrite any existing services found in that directory (who knows, maybe there will one day be a service out there named restart?)
To uninstall the library again, run the install.sh script with the --uninstall flag.