Explaincommand

A tool to match command-line arguments to their help text.

Live version: https://shielded-basin-58652.herokuapp.com/

Inspired by https://github.com/idank/explainshell

Import a man page

rails manpage:import\[cat\]

Import a man page for a subcommand

rails manpage:import\[docker,build\]

Run server locally

bundle exec rails s

Then visit: http://localhost:3000/explain?cmd=ls%20-lof

Or request json results:

curl -H "Accept: application/json" "http://localhost:3000/explain?cmd=ls+-l"

Run server in Docker

make build
make run

Then visit: http://localhost:3000/explain?cmd=ls%20-lof

Or request json results:

curl -H "Accept: application/json" "http://localhost:3000/explain?cmd=ls+-l"

Deploy to Heroku

git push heroku main

Visit https://shielded-basin-58652.herokuapp.com/