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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): | |
# wget (http://users.ugent.be/~bpuype/wget/) | |
# TODO: | |
# use sed to remove <head> & tags, convert HTML entities | |
# Notes: | |
# `sed -r` = allows gnu regex extensions (like +) | |
# `wget -qO -` = non-verbose output, returned file to stdout instead of file | |
# | |
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 | |
wget -qO - $url | less |
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@lkptrzk, all TODO items have been completed in this fork.