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Re: examples for man pages

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On 05/29/2021 12:55 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> This may not be exactly what you're thinking of, but I saw this
> referenced on Reddit recently:
> 
> 	curl cheat.sh/<command>
> 
> I just did it for 'curl cheat.sh/cp' which gives some examples including
> from tldr.
> 
> - Nate
> 

I'll have to reconfigure something on my system. Executing  'curl 
cheat.sh/cp' resulted in light grey text on white background ;/

However, on [ https://github.com/chubin/cheat.sh ] I saw:
> If you don't know the name of the command you need, you can search for it
> using the ~KEYWORD notation. For example, to see how you can make snapshots
> of a filesystem/volume/something else ...

That has interesting possibilities for addressing a different set of 
problems. Exploring that site and the curl command [which I've never 
used] should keep me indoors for a chilly &/or wet coming week.

The man page is, putting *mildly*, overwhelming. Is there a recommended 
introduction to curl.

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examples for man pages Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-05-29 15:50 +0200
  Re: examples for man pages "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-05-29 18:00 +0200
    Re: examples for man pages Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-05-29 21:30 +0200
  Re: examples for man pages Marco Möller <talby@debianlists.mobilxpress.net> - 2021-05-29 19:00 +0200
    Re: examples for man pages Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-05-29 21:40 +0200
  Re: examples for man pages Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2021-05-29 20:00 +0200
    Re: examples for man pages Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-05-29 22:10 +0200
      Re: examples for man pages "Jeremy Nicoll" <jn.ml.dbn.25@letterboxes.org> - 2021-05-29 22:30 +0200
        Re: examples for man pages Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-05-30 15:50 +0200
      Re: examples for man pages Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2021-05-30 03:20 +0200
      Re: examples for man pages Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-05-30 22:30 +0200
        Re: examples for man pages Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-05-31 14:40 +0200
          Re: examples for man pages Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2021-05-31 16:50 +0200
            Re: examples for man pages Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-05-31 18:10 +0200

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