manfs

Print manual texts for your linux file system.

Installation

On Debian/Ubuntu download the .deb package and install it

wget https://github.com/select/manfs/raw/master/dist/manfs_1.0-1.deb
sudo dpkg -i manfs_1.0-1.deb

Or clone this repo and add the manfs script to your PATH.

git clone git@github.com:select/manfs.git
cd manfs
PATH=$PATH:`pwd`

For long term use add the manfs path to the PATH variable in your .bashrc.

Usage

navigate to some path and get the man file

cd /usr
manfs

or pass a path directly to manfs

manfs /var

Contributing

• I would love to add some more documentation for all kinds of folders like ~./ssh
• It would be great to have documenation for files like /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-43-generic. To add this we could match it with e.g. ./data/boot/vmlinuz
• Anybody want to help me build a better .deb package?

Submit a pull request :D

History

[0.0.1] - 2016-10-16

• Initial version release

Added

• manuals for first level /* directories
• fallback suggestion if sub-directory is unknown

Credits

All manual text are a shameless plug of "Linux Filesystem Hierarchy" by Binh Nguyen http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/index.html

The idea originates from using the ipython help str ? and reading an article about recreating the ps command (I can't find it anymore) that heavily relied on the "Linux Filesystem Hierarchy" linked above.

License

GPL-3.0