Show HN: Oh-heck, a terminal command for when you forget other terminal commands

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  • tldr

    📚 Collaborative cheatsheets for console commands

    Related tools:

    TLDR community managed man pages https://tldr.sh/

    Cheat Sheet access to community driven docs http://cht.sh/

    Bro pages (like TLDR, but without the great name) http://bropages.org/

  • thefuck

    Magnificent app which corrects your previous console command.

    And here's a command that tries to fix up a mistake after you type it. Like this one, it's also named like what you might say afterwards.

    https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • fzf

    :cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder

    You might enjoy the fzf (fuzzy finder) tool configured for your shell's history search keybinding (most likely Ctrl+R). I can't elaborate at the moment, but essentially you type Ctrl+R, start typing roughly what you want and fzf searches your shell history based on what you typed. It works extremely well for me.

    Link: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf

    In particular, shell key bindings for fzf: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf#key-bindings-for-command-lin...

  • howdoi

    instant coding answers via the command line

  • cheat.sh

    the only cheat sheet you need

    Slightly related is https://cheat.sh/, which returns real-world examples of how to use a given command.

    The results are nicely formatted and color-coded. Give it a try in your terminal:

      curl https://cheat.sh/rsync

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