halp aims to help find the correct arguments for command-line tools by checking the predefined list of commonly used options/flags. Additionally, it provides a prompt for quick access to the manual page or cheat sheet of the given command.
If you deal with command-line tools often, it might take some time to figure out how to get help or check the version of a particular command (especially when shell completions are not available). In that case, you might try the most-known flags such as -h and -v but unfortunately not all the command-line tools follow these conventions (either due to conflicts with other flags or they just use another form). Instead of brute-forcing manually into getting help, you can run halp
for help: -h, --help, help, -H
for version info: -v, -V, --version, version
This is free and open source software.
Website: github.com/orhun/halp
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Developer: Orhun Parmaksız
License: MIT License or Apache License 2.0
halp is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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