SEsetrofim_·Dec 13, 2016
You might find this intersting:
https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr
In The Rule of Silence (2006)tldr-pages
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tldr
Collaborative cheatsheets for console commands 📚.
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83Mentions
3Explicit recommenders
64.2KGitHub stars
What to know before exploring
What it is
Collaborative cheatsheets for console commands 📚.
GitHub
Where it is used
No documented product use was verified in the last source check.
What people are saying
I love tldr for this https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr
lrobinovitch used a recommendation phrase. 3 indexed comments match. This is a phrase match, not a verdict.
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Also in these discussions
- tealdeer-rs/tealdeer · linked in 3 of the same discussions
- chubin/cheat.sh · linked in 2 of the same discussions
Mentioned in the same Hacker News threads. That is not proof they are substitutes.
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Mentions over time
HN mentions by year83 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2014-01-26 09:30:53 UTC to 2026-10-26 16:25:09 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 13 | 2 | 11 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
What Hacker News says
6 sourcesIf you want to cheat a little more you can try tldr: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/
It gives actual examples of commands, just like a cheatsheet does.
In 'Clean your desk': My Amazon interview experienceTLDR: simplified and community-driven man pages
3 points · Open discussiontl-dr might be what you're looking for
https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr
In You Don't NeedIMHO man is one of the worst things in Unix. Generally I find that tldr https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr or bro http://bropages.org/ are far more efficient.
Speaking of... https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/master/pages/common/...
In Benefits of using tmux – streamlining your development environmentWow, a man page that is actually readable and understandable.
I've been using Linux for years, and never once have I seriously looked at a man page. One of the more useless pieces of advice Linux beginners are given is to `man [tool]`. The documentation often has tonnes of useless information and no examples. It's frustrating, and it's also why projects like tldr[0] have gotten so popular.
But, the page linked in the OP is actually brilliant. It's easy to read, has examples, compartmentalises into sections that are relevant to different people. It's a step in the right direction.
Note: I'm not saying there aren't other pages like OP. There probably are, but the vast majority are not.
[0] https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr
In Giteveryday – A useful minimum set of commands for Everyday Git