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Agreed something like explain tar xzvf archive.tar.gz would be great. Author: Do you have an API?

• BHSPitMonkey 13y ago
  Once the source is released, it should be possible to make such a client without needing to connect to a web service. These breakdowns are figured out by the Python code written by the author.
  • Bootvis 13y ago
    That's of course great but as a child of our time I want my explain command now ;)
• ekyo777 13y ago
  Posted it for zsh, should be easy to make it work for other shells: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6297957 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6297957
• bostonvaulter2 13y ago
  You should be able to build this as a bash function I think.
• bostonvaulter2 13y ago
  How about this. Works on zsh and bash (at least for basic commands). https://gist.github.com/axelson/6384869 https://gist.github.com/axelson/6384869