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# Use via CDN
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Command Glossary
Commands referenced in this DOCs, explained below.
fzf
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fzf
Fuzzy finder.
Similar to `sk`.
find {{path/to/directory}} -type f | fzf
Start `fzf` on all files in the specified directory:
ps aux | fzf
Start `fzf` for running processes:
find {{path/to/directory}} -type f | fzf {{[-m|--multi]}} > {{path/to/file}}
Select multiple files with `<Shift Tab>` and write to a file:
git clone
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git clone
Clone an existing repository.
git clone {{remote_repository_location}} {{path/to/directory}}
Clone an existing repository into a new directory (the default directory is the repository name):
git clone --recursive {{remote_repository_location}}
Clone an existing repository and its submodules:
git clone {{[-n|--no-checkout]}} {{remote_repository_location}}
Clone only the `.git` directory of an existing repository:
groff
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groff
GNU replacement for the `troff` and `nroff` typesetting utilities.
groff {{path/to/input.roff}} > {{path/to/output.ps}}
Format output for a PostScript printer, saving the output to a file:
groff -man -T ascii {{path/to/manpage.1}} | less --RAW-CONTROL-CHARS
Render a man page using the ASCII output device, and display it using a pager:
groff -man -T html {{path/to/manpage.1}} > {{path/to/manpage.html}}
Render a man page into an HTML file:
gzip
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gzip
Compress/uncompress files with `gzip` compression (LZ77).
gzip {{path/to/file}}
Compress a file, replacing it with a `gzip` archive:
gzip {{[-d|--decompress]}} {{path/to/file.gz}}
Decompress a file, replacing it with the original uncompressed version:
gzip {{[-v|--verbose]}} {{path/to/file.gz}}
Display the name and reduction percentage for each file compressed:
man
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man
Format and display manual pages.
See also: `whatis`, `apropos`.
man {{command}}
Display the man page for a command:
man {{[-H|--html=]}}{{browser_name}} {{command}}
Open the man page for a command in a browser (`=browser_name` can be omitted if `$BROWSER` is set):
man 7 {{command}}
Display the man page for a command from section 7:
tldr
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tldr
Display simple help pages for command-line tools from the tldr-pages project.
Note: The `--language` and `--list` options are not required by the client specification, but most clients implement them.
tldr {{command}}
Print the tldr page for a specific command (hint: this is how you got here!):
tldr {{command}} {{subcommand}}
Print the tldr page for a specific subcommand:
tldr {{[-L|--language]}} {{language_code}} {{command}}
Print the tldr page for a command in the given language (if available, otherwise fall back to English):
xdg-open
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xdg-open
Open a file or URL in the user's preferred application.
xdg-open .
Open the current directory in the default file explorer:
xdg-open {{https://example.com}}
Open a URL in the default browser:
xdg-open {{path/to/image}}
Open an image in the default image viewer:
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