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Waldir Pimenta 2016-05-10 14:38:11 +01:00
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@ -26,12 +26,11 @@ Maybe it doesn't help that the first option explained in `man tar` is:
and usually not even then as the default block size of 20 records (10240 bytes) is very common.
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Surely people could benefit from simplified "show me the common usages" man pages. What about:
Surely people could benefit from simplified man pages focused on practical examples. How about:
![tldr screenshot](http://raw.github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/master/screenshot.png)
This repository is just that:
an ever-growing collection of examples
This repository is just that: an ever-growing collection of examples
for the most common UNIX / Linux / OSX / SunOS commands.
## Clients
@ -78,11 +77,13 @@ and go ahead!
## Similar projects
- [Cheat](https://github.com/chrisallenlane/cheat) allows you to create and view interactive cheatsheets on the command-line. It was designed to help remind *nix system administrators of options for commands that they use frequently, but not frequently enough to remember.
- [Cheat](https://github.com/chrisallenlane/cheat) allows you to create and view interactive cheatsheets on the command-line.
It was designed to help remind *nix system administrators of options for commands that they use frequently, but not frequently enough to remember.
- [Bro pages](http://bropages.org/) are a highly readable supplement to man pages. Bro pages show concise, common-case examples for Unix commands.
- [Bro pages](http://bropages.org/) are a highly readable supplement to man pages.
Bro pages show concise, common-case examples for Unix commands.
## What does tldr mean?
## What does "tldr" mean?
TL;DR stands for "Too Long; Didn't Read".
It originates in Internet slang, where it is used to indicate parts of the text skipped as too lengthy.