Tip #540 Command examples from shell-fu
The following isn't particularly pretty and should be considered a work in progress, but it's quite fun.Get examples of ways a command can be used direct from shell-fu by adding the following alias:
function examples { lynx -width=$COLUMNS -nonumbers -dump "http://www.shell-fu.org/lister.php?tag=$1" | \
sed -n '/^[a-zA-Z]/,$p' | egrep -v '^http|^javas|View Comm|HIDE|] \+|to Share|^ +\*|^ +[HV][a-z]* l|^ .*efu.*ep.*!$' | \
sed -e '/^ *__*/N;s/\n$//g' | less -r; }
This pulls out the tips tagged by the given command. (Make sure you tag any tips you submit!)
alias aptitude at awk bash bc cal cat cd colrm comm cp csh curl cut date dd df dialog diff dirname dpkg du fc find fuser grep gs gzip history iconv kill ksh last less ln ls lsof lynx m4 md5sum mkdir mkfifo mkisofs mv mysql nc netstat openssl OSX perl ping popd ps pushd python read redirection rm scp screen sed sort ssh stat sudo svn tail tar tee test top tr uniq vim wc wget xargs