tldr: Remember your commands

What is tldr?

tldr is an open-source command line tool distributed both via npm and pip3 that lets you easily look up common use cases for various commands.

Have you ever been in the position where you:

• Forgot how to use the tar command?
• Forgot how to open an ssh tunnel?
• Forgot how git rebase works?
• Forgot how to … in the terminal?

Well, I have. tldr lets you easily look up common uses cases for commands and subcommands. All the tldr pages are open-source and community driven, and if a command you are trying to use tldr for is not available, you can always add it yourself to help out both yourself and others.

How do I install it?

To get your hands on tldr, all you have to do is install it in one of the following ways:

• npm install -g tldr
• pip3 install tldr

After that, provided the package location is in your path, all you need to do is run tldr git rebase for example.

Here's an example of what that might look like:

More information

If you have further interest in this, please visit https://tldr.sh/