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# tldr
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[![Build status][travis-image]][travis-url]
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[![Gitter chat][gitter-image]][gitter-url]
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[![Merged PRs][prs-merged-image]][prs-merged-url]
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[![Issue stats][issuestats-image]][issuestats-url]
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[![GitHub contributors][contributors-image]][contributors-url]
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[![Number of files][tokei-image]][tokei-url]
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[![license][license-image]][license-url]
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[travis-url]: https://travis-ci.org/tldr-pages/tldr/builds
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[travis-image]: https://travis-ci.org/tldr-pages/tldr.svg?branch=master
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[gitter-url]: https://gitter.im/tldr-pages/tldr
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[gitter-image]: https://badges.gitter.im/tldr-pages/tldr.svg
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[prs-merged-url]: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/pulls?q=is:pr+is:merged
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[prs-merged-image]: https://img.shields.io/github/issues-pr-closed-raw/tldr-pages/tldr.svg?label=merged+PRs
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[issuestats-url]: http://isitmaintained.com/project/tldr-pages/tldr
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[issuestats-image]: http://isitmaintained.com/badge/resolution/tldr-pages/tldr.svg
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[contributors-url]: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/graphs/contributors
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[contributors-image]: https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/tldr-pages/tldr.svg
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[tokei-url]: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/tree/master/pages
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[tokei-image]: https://tokei.rs/b1/github/tldr-pages/tldr?category=files
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[license-url]: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/master/LICENSE.md
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[license-image]: https://img.shields.io/github/license/tldr-pages/tldr.svg
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A collection of simplified and community-driven man pages.
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Install it with `npm install -g tldr`
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or [try the web client](http://tldr.ostera.io).
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## What is tldr?
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New to the command-line world? Or just a little rusty?
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Or perhaps you can't always remember the arguments to `lsof`, or `tar`?
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Maybe it doesn't help that the first option explained in `man tar` is:
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```
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-b blocksize
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Specify the block size, in 512-byte records, for tape drive I/O.
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As a rule, this argument is only needed when reading from or writing to tape drives,
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and usually not even then as the default block size of 20 records (10240 bytes) is very common.
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```
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Surely people could benefit from simplified man pages
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focused on practical examples.
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How about:
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This repository is just that: an ever-growing collection of examples
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for the most common UNIX / Linux / macOS / SunOS commands.
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## Clients
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You can access these pages on your computer using one of the following clients:
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- [Alfred Workflow](https://github.com/cs1707/tldr-alfred)
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- Android clients:
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- [tldr-viewer](https://github.com/gianasista/tldr-viewer), available on
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[Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.gianasista.tldr_viewer)
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- [tldroid](https://github.com/hidroh/tldroid), available on
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[Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.hidroh.tldroid)
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- Bash clients:
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- [tldr](https://github.com/raylee/tldr)
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- [tldr-bash-client](https://github.com/pepa65/tldr-bash-client)
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- [C++ client](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr-cpp-client):
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`brew install tldr`
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- [Crystal client](https://github.com/porras/tlcr):
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`brew install porras/tap/tlcr`
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- [Dart client](https://github.com/hterkelsen/tldr):
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`pub global activate tldr`
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- [Elixir client](https://github.com/edgurgel/tldr_elixir_client)
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(binaries not yet available)
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- [Emacs client](https://github.com/kuanyui/tldr.el), available on
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[MELPA](https://github.com/melpa/melpa)
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- Go clients:
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- [github.com/pranavraja/tldr](https://github.com/pranavraja/tldr):
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`go get github.com/pranavraja/tldr`
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(or [platform binaries](https://github.com/pranavraja/tldr/releases))
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- [4d63.com/tldr](https://4d63.com/tldr):
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`go get 4d63.com/tldr` or `brew install 4d63/tldr/tldr`
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(or [platform binaries](https://github.com/leighmcculloch/tldr/releases))
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- iOS clients:
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- [tldr-man-page](https://github.com/freesuraj/TLDR), available on
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[App Store](https://appsto.re/sg/IQ0-_.i)
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- [tldr-pages](https://github.com/mflint/ios-tldr-viewer), available on
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[App Store](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tldt-pages/id1071725095?ls=1&mt=8)
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- [Haskell client](https://github.com/psibi/tldr-hs):
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`stack install tldr`
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- [Node.js client](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr-node-client):
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`npm install -g tldr`
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- [Perl5 client](https://github.com/shoichikaji/perl-tldr):
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`cpanm App::tldr`
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- [PHP client](https://github.com/BrainMaestro/tldr-php):
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`composer global require brainmaestro/tldr`
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- Python clients:
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- [tldr-python-client](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr-python-client):
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`pip install tldr`
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- [tldr.py](https://github.com/lord63/tldr.py):
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`pip install tldr.py`
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- [R client](https://github.com/kirillseva/tldrrr):
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`devtools::install_github('kirillseva/tldrrr')`
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- [Ruby client](https://github.com/YellowApple/tldrb):
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`gem install tldrb`
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- Rust clients:
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- [rust-tldr](https://github.com/rilut/rust-tldr)
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(thin client with online lookup):
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`cargo install tldr`
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- [tealdeer](https://github.com/dbrgn/tealdeer)
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(fully featured client with offline cache):
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`cargo install tealdeer`
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- Web clients:
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- [tldr.jsx](https://github.com/ostera/tldr.jsx): http://tldr.ostera.io/
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- [DistroWatch](https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=man-pages)
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There is also a comprehensive
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[list of clients in our Wiki](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/wiki/TLDR-clients).
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## Contributing
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- Your favourite command isn't covered?
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- You can think of more examples for an existing command?
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Contributions are most welcome!
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We strive to maintain a [welcoming and collaborative](GOVERNANCE.md) community.
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Have a look at the [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md), and go ahead!
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## Similar projects
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- [Cheat](https://github.com/chrisallenlane/cheat)
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allows you to create and view interactive cheatsheets on the command-line.
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It was designed to help remind *nix system administrators of options
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for commands that they use frequently, but not frequently enough to remember.
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- [Bro pages](http://bropages.org/)
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are a highly readable supplement to man pages.
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Bro pages show concise, common-case examples for Unix commands.
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The examples are submitted by the user base, and can be voted up or down;
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the best entries are what people see first when they look up a command.
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- [eg](https://github.com/srsudar/eg)
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provides detailed examples with explanations on the command line.
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Examples come from the repository, but `eg` supports displaying
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custom examples and commands alongside the defaults.
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## What does "tldr" mean?
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TL;DR stands for "Too Long; Didn't Read".
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It originates in Internet slang, where it is used to indicate that a long text
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(or parts of it) has been skipped as too lengthy.
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Read more in Wikipedia's [TL;DR article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TL;DR).
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