/**
 * Simple error formatting
 */
export declare function error(message: string): never;
/**
 * Path expansion (~ and env vars)
 */
export declare function expandPath(pathStr: string): string;
/**
 * Calculate Levenshtein distance between two strings
 */
export declare function levenshteinDistance(a: string, b: string): number;
/**
 * Find similar strings using fuzzy matching
 */
export declare function findSimilarStrings(target: string, candidates: string[], maxDistance?: number): string[];
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