Linux Man Pages<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Similarly, \u2018help<\/b>\u2018 command may not give you desired output.<\/p>\n Help Command<\/p>\n<\/div>\n A \u2018whereis<\/b>\u2018 command hardly tells anything other than the location of Installed Binaries (May be Important at time).<\/p>\n Whereis Command<\/p>\n<\/div>\n A \u2018whatis<\/b>\u2018 command gives strict and one liner answer which is not much helpful other than acknowledging the purpose of the command, Moreover it never says a single word about the available options.<\/p>\n Whatis Command<\/p>\n<\/div>\n We have used all these options till date to solve our issue in the dilemma but here comes an interactive cheat-sheet application \u2018cheat<\/b>\u2018 which is going to lead all the rest.<\/p>\n Cheat<\/b>\u00a0is an interactive cheat-sheet application released under GNU General Public License for Linux Command line users which serves the purpose of showing, use cases of a Linux command with all the options and their short yet understandable function.<\/p>\n Cheat: Provides Easy Command Options<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018Cheat<\/b>\u2018 has two major dependency \u2013 \u2018python<\/b>\u2018 and \u2018pip<\/b>\u2018. Make sure you have installed python and pip before installing \u2018cheat<\/b>\u2018 on the system.<\/p>\n NOTE<\/strong>: pip is an easy install replacement and is intended to be an improved Python package installer.<\/p>\n We will be downloading \u2018cheat\u2019 from Git. Make sure you have package \u2018git\u2019 installed, if not better install this first.<\/p>\n Next, install the required python dependencies by running following command.<\/p>\n Now, clone the\u00a0Git repository<\/a>\u00a0of cheat.<\/p>\n Move to the cheat directory and run \u2018setup.py<\/b>\u2018 (a python script).<\/p>\n If installation goes smoothly, you should be able to see a cheat version installed on the system.<\/p>\n You must have an \u2018EDITOR<\/b>\u2018 environment variable set in \u2018~\/.bashrc\u2019 file. Open the user \u2018.bashrc<\/b>\u2018 file and add the following line to it.<\/p>\n You can use your favourite editor here in place of \u2018nano<\/b>\u2018. Save the file and logout. Again Login to make the changes taken into effect.<\/p>\n Next, add the cheat autocompletion feature to enable command-line autocompletion for different shells. To enable autocompletion, simply clone the \u2018cheat.bash<\/b>\u2018 script and copy the script to the appropriate path in your system.<\/p>\n NOTE<\/strong>: The team has uploaded other shell\u2019s auto completion scrip to Git, which may be cloned and used in case of respective Shell. Use the following link for other shell\u2019s auto completion script.<\/p>\n Optionally, you can also enable syntax highlighting, if desired. To active syntax highlighting feature, add a\u00a0CHEATCOLORS<\/b>\u00a0environment variable in your \u2018.bashrc<\/b>\u2018 file.<\/p>\n The Cheat application default program only serves the basic and most used commands. The content of cheat-sheet resides at location\u00a0~\/.cheat\/<\/b>. Manual Cheatsheets can be added to this location to make the application rich.<\/p>\n This will open xyz cheat-sheet if available. If not it will create one. The cheat-sheet will be opened in the default\u00a0EDITOR<\/b>, we set in\u00a0.bashrc<\/b>\u00a0in the configuration stage, above.<\/p>\n A tarball may be *.gz or *.bz2 or *.zip or *.xz. So, what option to be used where?<\/p>\n tar command options<\/p>\n<\/div>\n I never run\u00a0dd<\/b>\u00a0command, no matter how much sure I am about the command before consulting and cross checking it at more than one location. The things seems to be easy now.<\/p>\n dd command options<\/p>\n<\/div>\n A \u2018uname<\/b>\u2018 command help.<\/p>\n uname command options<\/p>\n<\/div>\n A short\u00a0ifconfig<\/b>\u00a0command line tutorial, in action.<\/p>\n ifconfig command options<\/p>\n<\/div>\n A \u2018top<\/b>\u2018 command, one of the most important command for Admin and Normal User.<\/p>\n top command options<\/p>\n<\/div>\n How about Cheating the cheat command (though the other sense)? Get a list of available commands, the cheat-sheet of which is installed in the System.<\/p>\n List All Linux Commands<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Search Cheat-sheet with specific keyword.<\/p>\n Search Cheat Sheet<\/p>\n<\/div>\n See the location of built-in cheat-sheets for all the commands.<\/p>\n Copy the in-built cheat-sheet to your native directory.<\/p>\n This wonderful project is a life Saviour in many-a-situation. It just gives you information that is required, nothing extra, nothing vague and to the point. This is a must tool for everyone. Easy to build, easy to install, easy to run and easy to understand, this project seems promising.<\/p>\n This Git project has added a wonderful\u00a0gag<\/b>\u00a0which I am not going to explain but leave on you to interpret.<\/p>\n Linux Gag<\/p>\n<\/div>\n That\u2019s all for now. I\u2019ll be here again with another interesting article you people will love to read. Till then stay tuned and connected to Tecmint. Don\u2019t forget to provide us with your valuable feedback in the comment section below.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t Miss<\/strong>:\u00a0Understanding Shell Commands Easily Using \u201cExplain Shell\u201d Script<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Linux](\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Linux-Man-Pages.jpeg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nWhat is cheat?<\/h4>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nInstalling \u2018Cheat\u2019 in Linux Systems<\/h3>\n
Install Python<\/h5>\n
# apt-get install Python\t(On Debian<\/b> based Systems)\r\n# yum install python\t\t(On RedHat<\/b> based Systems)<\/pre>\n
Install Pip<\/h5>\n
# apt-get install python-pip \t(On Debian<\/b> based Systems)\r\n# yum install python-pip \t(On RedHat<\/b> based Systems)<\/pre>\n
Download and Install Cheat<\/h4>\n
# apt-get install git\t(On Debian<\/b> based Systems)\r\n# yum install git\t(On RedHat<\/b> based Systems)<\/pre>\n
# pip install docopt pygments<\/pre>\n
# git clone https:\/\/github.com\/chrisallenlane\/cheat.git<\/pre>\n
# cd cheat\r\n# python setup.py install<\/pre>\n
# cheat -v \r\n\r\ncheat 2.0.9<\/pre>\n
Required Configuration for Cheat<\/h4>\n
export EDITOR=\/usr\/bin\/nano<\/pre>\n
# wget https:\/\/github.com\/chrisallenlane\/cheat\/raw\/master\/cheat\/autocompletion\/cheat.bash \r\n# mv cheat.bash \/etc\/bash_completion.d\/<\/pre>\n
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export CHEATCOLORS=true<\/pre>\n
# cheat -e xyz<\/pre>\n
Usage of Cheat with Some Commands<\/h4>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n$ cheat -d \r\n\r\n\/home\/avi\/.cheat \r\n\/usr\/local\/lib\/python2.7\/dist-packages\/cheat\/cheatsheets<\/pre>\n
# cp \/usr\/local\/lib\/python2.7\/dist-packages\/cheat\/cheatsheets\/* \/home\/avi\/.cheat\/<\/pre>\n
Conclusion<\/h3>\n
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