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Collaborative cheatsheets for console commands 📚.

81 mentions on Hacker News by 76 people: 14 stories, 67 comments · first 2015-08-07 · latest 2026-10-26

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  1. …`tldr program_name` gives you a way simpler manual with common flags and actual examples. [1] https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr
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    Tldr; A collection of simplified and community-driven man pages
    story by jameson · 2019-10-09 · 0 comments
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    TL;DR – Simplified man pages based on examples
    story by manjana · 2019-09-19 · 0 comments
  4. TLDR pages ( https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr ) are nice exactly for this use case. There's also a web interface, for tar that'd be: https://tldr.ostera.io/tar
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    Tldr: Simplified and community-driven man pages
    story by migueldemoura · 2019-06-22 · 0 comments
  6. …issue you can use ZSH or pimp your bash as well). Then there is other kind of man pages like TLDR ( https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr ) which is curated by community and quite awesome ;-)
    comment by VvR-Ox · 2019-02-10 · in Explain shell
  7. Here is a step in that direction: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr
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    Tldr
    story by tosh · 2019-01-18 · 0 comments
  9. There is a similar cli tool called tldr[1]. It's very useful and simple to invoke. [1] https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr
  10. tldr is really handy for that: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr
    comment by philbarr · 2018-11-19 · in Ask HN: Best Command-Line Applications?
  11. …help is essential I like how this is their #1. In my opinion the best way to do this is with tldr. https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr I'd highly recommend folks create a tldr page for their CLI app. Add 4-8 examples to cover 80%+ of the…
    comment by breckuh · 2018-10-09 · in 12 Factor CLI Apps
  12. …(I use TLDR myself) and wonder if there is a way that tldr could be integrated with your tooling https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr . I can see that there may be instances where you/your company would like to have internal docs that should…
  13. What are the advantages of using this over tldr[1] or cheat[2] ? [1] https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr [2] https://github.com/chubin/cheat.sh
  14. I think tl;dr pages[0] might be more popular, on a similar topic [0] https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr
  15. …Afaik these are the big players in the space: - bro: https://github.com/hubsmoke/bro - tldr: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr - cheat: https://github.com/chrisallenlane/cheat
  16. …- Benchmark the write performance of a disk: dd if=/dev/zero of=file_1GB bs=1024 count=1000000 [0]: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr
    comment by dmartinez · 2018-06-16 · in What do Unix command names stand for?
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    TLDR man pages
    story by ashitlerferad · 2017-11-27 · 6 comments
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    Tldr-Pages, Simplified Community-Driven Man Pages
    story by ZaidMalhis · 2017-11-24 · 0 comments
  19. …be found on [3]. Any feedback welcome! 1. https://sanctum.geek.nz/arabesque/actually-using-ed/ 2. https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/pull/944 3. https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/master/pages/common/...
    comment by waldir · 2017-05-23 · in Helping a Million Developers Exit Vim
  20. Something similar, if you want to search most commonly used commands - https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr
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    Tldr: Simplified and community-driven man pages
    story by nafizh · 2017-02-25 · 0 comments
  22. You might find this intersting: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr
    comment by setrofim_ · 2016-12-13 · in The Rule of Silence (2006)
  23. If you want to cheat a little more you can try tldr: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/ It gives actual examples of commands, just like a cheatsheet does.
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    TLDR: simplified and community-driven man pages
    story by antoineaugusti · 2016-11-30 · 1 comment
  25. tl-dr might be what you're looking for https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr
    comment by timlyo · 2016-11-11 · in You Don't Need
  26. IMHO man is one of the worst things in Unix. Generally I find that tldr https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr or bro http://bropages.org/ are far more efficient. Speaking of... https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/master/pages/common/...
  27. …not saying there aren't other pages like OP. There probably are, but the vast majority are not. [0] https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr
  28. Didn't know about that one, thanks for the link! I've added it to the discussion at https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/issues/266
    comment by waldir · 2015-12-28 · in TLDR pages
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    Simplified and community-driven man pages
    story by 0x7fffffff · 2015-12-28 · 4 comments
  30. Check out http://bropages.org/ and https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr Both examples of community driven man pages with examples
    comment by nemild · 2015-08-30 · in OS X Command Line Utilities
  31. You might have an easier time getting tldr pages to work: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr
    comment by nemild · 2015-08-07 · in Unix Toolbox