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`man` replacement for git bash on windows
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#!/bin/sh | |
# man.sh - `man` replacement for git bash on windows | |
# Dependencies (outside of git bash): | |
# curl (already available in git bash) | |
# Notes: | |
# `curl s` = non-verbose output | |
# | |
if [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then | |
echo "No command specified to get man page for" | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
url="http://man.he.net/?section=all&topic=" | |
# The extra `+` at the end of the querystring doesn't hurt | |
for arg in $@ ; do | |
url=$url$arg"+" | |
done | |
curl -s $url | sed 's/<[^>]*>//g' | less |
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