24 lines
934 B
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24 lines
934 B
Bash
cite about-plugin
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about-plugin 'mankier.com explain function to explain other commands'
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# Add this to ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc
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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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# Update 26-03-2015. If using this command gives no output, see if running a simple fetch causes this error:
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# $ curl https://www.mankier.com
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# curl: (35) Cannot communicate securely with peer: no common encryption algorithm(s).
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# If so, try specifying a cipher in the curl commands: curl --ciphers ecdhe_ecdsa_aes_128_sha
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