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Mansplaining whatis wrapper :-)
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mansplain.zsh
function mansplain() {
desc=$(whatis $1 2>&1 | head -1 | grep -o -P '\- .*$' | cut -c 3-)
if [[ -z "$desc" ]]; then
echo "Well I've never heard of \"$1\", so it doesn't exist"
else
echo "Well, actually, it's more like $desc"
fi
}
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