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• The bash book to rule them all

  Https://explainshell.com/ also is good for explaining commands. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• The bash book to rule them all

  Https://explainshell.com/ can help with that but isn't perfect. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Hi I’m a new student applying to Wgu’s It Program for Cybersecurity with no credits being transferred and trying to complete in 6 months is there any tips that you guys can give me?

  Explainshell.com is a reference I was recently given from a mentor. Source: 6 months ago

• Making Hard Things Easy

  Shout out to https://explainshell.com/ for being a great resource to understand cli tools and options. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• The Complete Guide to Becoming a Web Developer: Part 6

  Explain Shell: A handy tool that explains what each part of a Unix command does. - Source: dev.to / 9 months ago

• looking for typescript linux corpora

  Explainshell.com 's github repository contains a mongodb database dump of the arguments they've parsed out. The parser is in there too. It looks like the project is under GPLv3 if that's relevant for you. Source: about 1 year ago

• Linux Command Line Cheat Sheet: All the Commands You Need

  Explainshell — write down a command-line to see the help text that matches each argument. Source: about 1 year ago

• I'm loving Ubuntu.

  Explainshell.com - match command-line arguments to their help text Https://explainshell.com/. Source: about 1 year ago

• I’ve been passed a bash script and have no idea where to start

  And for what everything does: man pages (or tldr pages), explainshell, GNU reference manuals... Source: about 1 year ago

• I’ve been passed a bash script and have no idea where to start

  Although it won't work for the script as a whole. You can always paste parts and pieces in https://explainshell.com/ and have it help decipher what's going on. Useful resource to have on hand. Source: about 1 year ago

• Can someone please help me understand this shell script

  You can take a look at ExplainShell to get an explanation on a specific command. Source: about 1 year ago

• How do you guys memorize stuff?

  Https://explainshell.com - I think this is a really cool way to break down and explain how a command works. I sometimes use this to explain some commands I find on the web. Source: about 1 year ago

• Interested in learning Linux for a specific use case, but not sure where to start:

  I like using this site for some commands, Https://explainshell.com/. Source: about 1 year ago

• Linux gaming

  I didn’t even watch that video but this sounds like “Linux bad cuz someone told me to use rm -rf /*”. Any command you enter in terminal, especially those with sudo, should be first analyzed for what it does — like using explain shell, and reading what it asks you is also necessary. Source: about 1 year ago

• Best Websites For Coders

  Explain Shell: Match command-line arguments to their help text. - Source: dev.to / about 1 year ago

• Anyone know free resources to learn linux?

  Also, there is something called cht.sh which you can use for quick lookups. And if you find yourself somewhat confused in understanding shell commands, then can checkout explainshell. Source: about 1 year ago

• Started Learning Linux

  Check out https://explainshell.com/. Source: about 1 year ago

• A good in depth Linux command reference?

  Https://explainshell.com/ is nest for simple commands. Source: over 1 year ago

• Questions about archive files in Linux and desktop shortcuts.

  Question 1: How can I safety put any files in archive? I testing commands using https://explainshell.com/ but I still don't understand the right order. Source: over 1 year ago

• Is there a resource I can use to learn the meaning of short form commands like -r, -h, or -m?

  Alongside man pages and docs this page is sometimes helpful in saving me a bunch of time: https://explainshell.com/. Source: over 1 year ago

• The Guide to FFmpeg

  There's a myriad of ffmpeg examples on the web so I wish there was something like https://explainshell.com/ specifically for ffmpeg (including parsing filters). I can imagine it could even include visualization, e.g. a two-way mapping between CLI parameter and on-screen rectangle for picture-in-picture/watermark removal coordinates, cut marks in video timeline, tree of input/output streams, tree of filters... So a... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago