Tag: Linux

TLDR pages “are a community effort to simplify the beloved man pages with practical examples.” Personally, I find TLDR much more helpful than man pages.

For example, something like “tldr curl” will get a nice summary of curl like this:

 curl

  Transfers data from or to a server.
  Supports most protocols, including HTTP, FTP, and POP3.
  More information: https://curl.se/docs/manpage.html.

  - Download the contents of a URL to a file:
    curl http://example.com --output path/to/file

  - Download a file, saving the output under the filename indicated by the URL:
    curl --remote-name http://example.com/filename

  - Download a file, following location redirects, and automatically continuing (resuming) a previous file transfer and return an error on server error:
    curl --fail --remote-name --location --continue-at - http://example.com/filename

  - Send form-encoded data (POST request of type application/x-www-form-urlencoded). Use --data @file_name or --data @'-' to read from STDIN:
    curl --data 'name=bob' http://example.com/form

  - Send a request with an extra header, using a custom HTTP method:
    curl --header 'X-My-Header: 123' --request PUT http://example.com

  - Send data in JSON format, specifying the appropriate content-type header:
    curl --data '{"name":"bob"}' --header 'Content-Type: application/json' http://example.com/users/1234

  - Pass a username and prompt for a password to authenticate to the server:
    curl --user username http://example.com

  - Pass client certificate and key for a resource, skipping certificate validation:
    curl --cert client.pem --key key.pem --insecure https://example.com

qntm came up with the idea, and someone else dutifully turned it into a distro.

You know how sometimes if you mistype a filename in Bash, it corrects your spelling and runs the command anyway? Such as when changing directory, or opening a file.

I have an idea: Suicide Linux. Any time – any time – you type any remotely incorrect command, the interpreter creatively resolves it into rm -rf / and wipes your hard drive.

It’s a game. Like walking a tightrope. You have to see how long you can continue to use the operating system before losing all your data.