From 653f2eb37608ef03ffe4b866ae003e538f328c9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Waldir Pimenta Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 14:38:11 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] README: minor tweaks --- README.md | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 59dae87ab..1c7d3c177 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -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. ``` -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.