szabba · May 31, 2014 11:52
diff --git a/man.sh b/man.sh
 #!/bin/sh

 # man.sh - `man` replacement for git bash on windows

 # Dependencies (outside of git bash):
 #  wget (http://users.ugent.be/~bpuype/wget/)

 # TODO:
 #  use sed to remove <head> & tags, convert HTML entities

 # Notes:
 #  `sed -r` = allows gnu regex extensions (like +)
 #  `wget -qO -` = non-verbose output, returned file to stdout instead of file
 #  

 if [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then 
   echo "No command specified to get man page for"
   exit 1
 fi

 url="http://man.he.net/?section=all&topic="

 #  The extra `+` at the end of the querystring doesn't hurt 
 for arg in $@ ; do
    url=$url$arg"+"
 done

 wget -qO - $url | less
	#!/bin/sh

	# man.sh - `man` replacement for git bash on windows

	# Dependencies (outside of git bash):
	# wget (http://users.ugent.be/~bpuype/wget/)

	# TODO:
	# use sed to remove <head> & tags, convert HTML entities

	# Notes:
	# `sed -r` = allows gnu regex extensions (like +)
	# `wget -qO -` = non-verbose output, returned file to stdout instead of file
	#

	if [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then
	echo "No command specified to get man page for"
	exit 1
	fi

	url="http://man.he.net/?section=all&topic="

	# The extra `+` at the end of the querystring doesn't hurt
	for arg in $@ ; do
	url=$url$arg"+"
	done

	wget -qO - $url \| less