Manual
Besides using man to find usage for commands, one can use the following tools.
cheat.sh¶
cheat.sh is an online cheat sheet that can be accessed via the browser and the curl command.
For example,
curl cht.sh/tar~list
returns
# cheat:tar
# To list the content of an .tgz or .tar.gz archive:
tar -tzvf /path/to/foo.tgz
tar -tzvf /path/to/foo.tar.gz
# To list the content of an .tar.bz2 archive:
tar -tjvf /path/to/foo.tar.bz2
# cheat:tarsnap
# List the archives
tarsnap --list-archives
# tldr:tart
# List VMs:
tart list
tldr¶
tldr-pages/tldr are collaborative cheat sheets for console commands, a complement to man pages. They are also available as a pdf document
Install¶
npm install -g tldr
pip install --user -U tldr
Usage¶
To see examples of the tar command, type:
tldr tar