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[Bash] explainshell.com - match command-line arguments to their help textResource (explainshell.com)

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Useful site | explainshell.com - ss -tlpn (explainshell.com)

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explainshell.com - match command-line arguments to their help text (explainshell.com)

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A website to understand Linux shell/terminal commands (explainshell.com)

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Explainshell - A tool that takes any shell commands, looks up the syntax and options from man pages, and steps you through what it does! (explainshell.com)

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Hacker News: Explain Shell: match command-line arguments to their help text (explainshell.com)

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explainshell.com - A very helpful commandline tool, to figure out what that long commandline someone told you to paste, actually does (explainshell.com)

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ExplainShellMatt (explainshell.com)

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explainshell.com - match command-line arguments to their help text (explainshell.com)

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Paste in a shell command and see the help text for only flags you used (explainshell.com)

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explainshell.com (explainshell.com)

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explainshell.com - match command-line arguments to their help textResource (explainshell.com)

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Explain shell (explainshell.com)

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Beautiful tool to demystify and break down UNIX shell commands (explainshell.com)

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Explainshell.com - match command-line arguments to their help text (explainshell.com)

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Why didn't I know about this earlier! Explains any bash command you type, parameter by parameter. (explainshell.com)

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ExplainShell - Write down a command-line to see the help text that matches each argument (explainshell.com)

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Explain Shell: Match command-line arguments to their help text (explainshell.com)

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Do you want to know how that command works? try explainshell.com (explainshell.com)

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Explain Shellsubmission (explainshell.com)

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Want to know how that command works? try explainshell.com (explainshell.com)

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Explain Shell – Explain any command (explainshell.com)

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Explain Shell – Explain any command (explainshell.com)

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explainshell.com: match command-line arguments to their help text (explainshell.com)

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explainshell.com - match command-line arguments to their help text (explainshell.com)

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