Create cat_dir rule for replacing cat with ls when you try to run cat on a directory.

README.md

@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ following rules are enabled by default:
 * `aws_cli` – fixes misspelled commands like `aws dynamdb scan`;
 * `cargo` – runs `cargo build` instead of `cargo`;
 * `cargo_no_command` – fixes wrongs commands like `cargo buid`;
+* `cat_dir` – replaces `cat` with `ls` when you try to `cat` a directory
 * `cd_correction` – spellchecks and correct failed cd commands;
 * `cd_mkdir` – creates directories before cd'ing into them;
 * `cd_parent` – changes `cd..` to `cd ..`;

tests/rules/test_cat_dir.py

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import pytest
+from thefuck.rules.cat_dir import match, get_new_command
+from thefuck.types import Command
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('command', [
+    Command('cat foo', 'cat: foo: Is a directory'),
+    Command('cat /foo/bar/', 'cat: /foo/bar/: Is a directory'),
+])
+def test_match(command):
+    assert match(command)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('command', [
+    Command('cat foo', 'foo bar baz'),
+    Command('cat foo bar', 'foo bar baz'),
+    Command('', ''),
+])
+def test_not_match(command):
+    assert not match(command)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('command, new_command', [
+    (Command('cat foo', 'cat: foo: Is a directory'), 'ls foo'),
+    (Command('cat /foo/bar/', 'cat: /foo/bar/: Is a directory'), 'ls /foo/bar/'),
+])
+def test_get_new_command(command, new_command):
+    assert get_new_command(command) == new_command

thefuck/rules/cat_dir.py

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import re
+
+
+def match(command):
+    return (
+        command.script.startswith('cat') and
+        re.match(r'cat: .+: Is a directory', command.output)
+    )
+
+
+def get_new_command(command):
+    return re.sub(r'^cat', 'ls', command.script)