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I've been using this tool for a while. It's great for when you're familiar with a command but would prefer a list of common examples instead of a detailed man p
by RulerOf 6y ago
I've been using this tool for a while. It's great for when you're familiar with a command but would prefer a list of common examples instead of a detailed man page for whatever reason.
Resizing an image with imagemagick's convert utility is extremely common, but invoking the binary with -? or bringing up the man page will get you way more information than you're actually looking for, whereas the cheatsheet[1] has exactly what you need right there.
[1]: https://github.com/cheat/cheatsheets/blob/master/convert https://github.com/cheat/cheatsheets/blob/master/convert
- madeofpalk 6y agoSame, but for ffmpeg. I clip and crop videos of games I play, and find it much quicker to do with ffmpeg, rather than use some big video editing software that will have way more features than I need. Sick of constantly Googling, I made a tiny cheat sheet to keep around to copy-paste my most common incantation to centre crop video to 16:9 and resize to 720p. https://github.com/joshhunt/docs/blob/master/ffmpeg.md https://github.com/joshhunt/docs/blob/master/ffmpeg.md I might consider adding a few examples to the ffmpeg cheat/cheatsheet and ditch mine :)
- simonebrunozzi 6y ago> would prefer a list of common examples instead of a detailed man page This. I have always complained to myself that man pages should have had this option.
- ColeyG 6y agoI want to echo what you are saying a little bit. I have never learned something from a man page. Maybe it is because they provide full documentation but that is very rarely actually useful when using commands. That is what excited me about this. Maybe cli apps will see this example and try to document how to use it in this way. Infinitely more usable in my opinion.