tldr-0.7.1: README.md
# tldr
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Haskell client for tldr
## Installation
See Github releases: https://github.com/psibi/tldr-hs/releases
Executables are available for all the three major platforms: Linux, Windows and MacOS.
Or
1. [Install stack](https://docs.haskellstack.org/en/stable/README/#how-to-install)
2. `stack install tldr`
## Usage
``` shellsession
$ tldr --help
tldr - Simplified and community-driven man pages
Usage: tldr [-v|--version] ((-u|--update) | [-p|--platform PLATFORM]
[-L|--language LOCALE] COMMAND | (-a|--about))
tldr Client program
Available options:
-h,--help Show this help text
-v,--version Show version
-u,--update Update offline cache of tldr pages
-p,--platform PLATFORM Prioritize specfic platform while searching. Valid
values include linux, osx, windows, sunos
-L,--language LOCALE Preferred language for the page returned
COMMAND name of the command
-a,--about About this program
```
Or a much better example of the usage:
``` shellsession
$ tldr tldr
tldr
Simplified man pages.More information: https://tldr.sh.
- Get typical usages of a command (hint: this is how you got here!):
tldr {{command}}
- Show the tar tldr page for linux:
tldr -p {{linux}} {{tar}}
- Get help for a git subcommand:
tldr {{git checkout}}
```
## Snapshot
