You can use cheat sh web service to show cheatsheets for all kind of commands. Just replace the command name: curl -s cheat.sh/date. I also wrote a a simple script with filename being just a question mark to get a working command as ?, that shows all commands in fzf menu if no argument is given or shows the cheatsheet in the less pager if command name is given.
Usage:
?
? -l
? date
? grep
#!/bin/env bash
cheat='curl -s cheat.sh'
menu='fzf --reverse'
pager='less -R -c'
cachefile_max_age_hours=6
# Path to temporary cache file. If your Linux system does not support /dev/shm
# or if you are on MacOS, then change the path to your liking:
cachefile='/dev/shm/cheatlist' # GNU+LINUX
# cachefile="${TMPDIR}/cheatlist" # MacOS/Darwin
# Download list file and cache it.
listing () {
if [ -f "${cachefile}" ]
then
local filedate=$(stat -c %Y -- "${cachefile}")
local now=$(date +%s)
local age_hours=$(( (now - filedate) / 60 / 60 ))
if [[ "${age_hours}" > "${cachefile_max_age_hours}" ]]
then
${cheat}/:list > "${cachefile}"
fi
else
${cheat}/:list > "${cachefile}"
fi
cat -- "${cachefile}"
}
case "${1}" in
'')
if selection=$(listing | ${menu})
then
${cheat}/"${selection}" | ${pager}
fi
;;
'-h')
${cheat}/:help | ${pager}
;;
'-l')
listing
;;
*)
${cheat}/${@} | ${pager}
;;
esac
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This looks great.
Suggestion: a step-by-step “howto” with an example or three to make it more useful for beginners.
Thanks. Is this suggestion towards this
?script or the output from thecheat.shweb service? Because I’m not the author of the web service itself, I just created this script to make use of it.



