This is in reference to XKCD #1168.

Let's be real. You don't invest time to remember the syntax when you know it's not gonna be used frequently. And the man(ual) pages are quite verbose.

What if you could have access to the common use-cases with examples of using a command at your fingertips? Using cheat.sh, you can get an instant answer to any question for any programming language from your terminal. Go ahead; give the following commands a try (one-by-one):

$ curl cheat.sh/tar
$ curl cht.sh/python/copy+files
$ curl cht.sh/js/async+file+read
$ curl cht.sh/go/execute+external+program

(Note that cht.sh is an alias for cheat.sh)

If you have run the above, you'll instantly recognize the value-addition and never look back. You are now armed to disarm the bomb efficiently.

⬇️There's no need to download anything; the content gets delivered to you via cURL. (There's another option as well - you can install that using "brew install howdoi", it allows querying using natural language, e.g. "howdoi copy files python").

🤓You can integrate this with your editors (vim, emacs, visual studio code, sublime text, intellij idea, etc.) as well.