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For even more brevity, there's tldr [1], which is short-n-sweet "how do I do the most common things with this tool." You'll need a client for it (tldr itself i
by thrtythreeforty 4y ago
For even more brevity, there's tldr [1], which is short-n-sweet "how do I do the most common things with this tool."
You'll need a client for it (tldr itself is just the database). I recommend tealdeer [2].
Example:
$ tldr tar
Archiving utility.
Often combined with a compression method, such as gzip or bzip2.
More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/tar>.
[c]reate an archive and write it to a [f]ile:
tar cf target.tar file1 file2 file3
[c]reate a g[z]ipped archive and write it to a [f]ile:
tar czf target.tar.gz file1 file2 file3
[1]: https://tldr.sh/ https://tldr.sh/
[2]: https://github.com/dbrgn/tealdeer https://github.com/dbrgn/tealdeer
- thaumasiotes 4y agoOften combined with a compression method, such as gzip or bzip2. [...] [c]reate a g[z]ipped archive and write it to a [f]ile: tar czf target.tar.gz file1 file2 file3 That helpful bracketing notation is going to break down as soon as you actually want to deal with bzip2. There's no real problem, but I never like it when I'm given an example that seems to be going out of its way to suggest something untrue.