• ReginaPhalange@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    A TLDR alternative to man pages
    While a man page is for every possible flag available for a command,
    A tldr is for the most common tasks a command can do.

    tldr fc
    
    fc
    
      Open the most recent command for editing and then run it.
      More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-fc.
    
      - Open the last command in the default system editor and run it after editing:
        fc
    
      - Specify an editor to open with:
        fc -e 'emacs'
    
      - List recent commands from history:
        fc -l
    
      - List recent commands in reverse order:
        fc -l -r
    
      - Edit and run a command from history:
        fc number
    
      - Edit commands in a given interval and run them:
        fc '416' '420'
    
      - Display help:
        fc --help