explainshell-cli
explainshell.com CLI implementation in Rust
Needs the Rust Toolchain (available at https://rustup.rs/ ).
Installation:
cargo install --git https://github.com/p1g30n/explainshell-cli
note that ~/.cargo/bin/ must be in your $PATH
Usage:
explain COMMAND [ARGS] (combining arguments works)
Example:
explain tar -xzvf
Output:
The GNU version of the tar archiving utility
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-x, --extract, --get
extract files from an archive
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-z, --gzip, --gunzip --ungzip
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-v, --verbose
verbosely list files processed
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-f, --file ARCHIVE
use archive file or device ARCHIVE
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