HOWDOI(1)
β¨ NAME β¨
howdoi β bestie, it's instant coding answers via the command line π like you literally type a question and the answers just show up. main character energy fr fr.
πΈ DESCRIPTION πΈ
okay so here's the whole vibe, the usage line, exactly as it is:
usage: howdoi [-h] [-p POS] [-a] [-l] [-c] [-n NUM_ANSWERS] [-C] [-v]
[QUERY [QUERY ...]]
instant coding answers via the command line π¦ no cap. that's the whole thing. that's the serve.
π positional arguments:
QUERYβ the question to answer. justβ¦ ask it. type your lil question in there and let the tool cook π
π§ optional arguments:
-h,--helpβ show this help message and exit. classic. the iconique escape hatch π«Ά-p POS,--pos POSβ select answer in specified position (default:1). so like, which answer in the lineup do you want, bestie? first one is the default β¨-a,--allβ display the full text of the answer. not just a lil peek, the WHOLE thing π-l,--linkβ display only the answer link. just the link. nothing else. minimalist queen π-c,--colorβ enable colorized output. rainbows in your terminal, obsessed π-n NUM_ANSWERS,--num-answers NUM_ANSWERSβ number of answers to return. how many you want, you decide π-C,--clear-cacheβ clear the cache. fresh start, clean slate, it's giving reset π-v,--versionβ displays the current version of howdoi. vibe check on which version you're running β
π₯ SEE ALSO π₯
the full documentation for howdoi is maintained as a Texinfo manual π if the info and howdoi programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info howdoi
should give you access to the complete manual π like, that's the whole treasure map, go get it.
and that's the page, bestie!! this was howdoi 1.1.7, dated February 2016 β yeah she's an elder but she ate and left no crumbs π
β¨ mwah, bye!!
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: howdoi 1.1.9-1.1 Β· MIT
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