24 lines
864 B
Bash
24 lines
864 B
Bash
cite about-plugin
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about-plugin 'mankier.com explain function to explain other commands'
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explain () {
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about 'explain any bash command via mankier.com manpage API'
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param '1: Name of the command to explain'
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example '$ explain # interactive mode. Type commands to explain in REPL'
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example '$ explain '"'"'cmd -o | ...'"'"' # one quoted command to explain it.'
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group 'explain'
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if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]; then
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while read -p "Command: " cmd; do
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curl -Gs "https://www.mankier.com/api/explain/?cols="$(tput cols) --data-urlencode "q=$cmd"
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done
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echo "Bye!"
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elif [ "$#" -eq 1 ]; then
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curl -Gs "https://www.mankier.com/api/explain/?cols="$(tput cols) --data-urlencode "q=$1"
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else
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echo "Usage"
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echo "explain interactive mode."
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echo "explain 'cmd -o | ...' one quoted command to explain it."
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fi
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}
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