Last Updated on May 22, 2022
In Operation
You can get a brief idea of the information and functionality available with the command:
We’ll use cht.sh for our demonstrations, if only because the syntax is more streamlined and there’s more functionality on offer.
Cheat Sheets
The video below shows us accessing the shell functionality, and viewing cheat sheets for Lua, C and C++.
One of cht.sh’s sources is the excellent Learn X in Y scenic programming language tours, a repository of concise documentation devoted to learning programming languages from scratch. You’ve got access to cheat sheets for 58 programming languages covering all the popular languages and more.
Let’s drill down a bit further. Say you want to know about looping through a list in C#. At the cht.sh prompt, change into the C# directory and query about lists.
Programming language questions
Another very useful feature is the ability to query questions about programming languages and receive instant help. Again you can make web queries, or use the cht.sh client.
In the image above, we’ve learned how to reverse order a vector. Note the prompt is showing cht.sh/r. That’s because we restricted our query to the R programming language. Information here is retrieved from Stack Overflow.
Next page: Page 3 – Operating System Commands & Stealth mode
Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Introduction / Installation
Page 2 – In Operation
Page 3 – Operating System Commands & Stealth mode
Page 4 – Summary
Complete list of articles in this series:
| Excellent Utilities | |
|---|---|
| AES Crypt | Encrypt files using the Advanced Encryption Standard |
| Ananicy | Shell daemon created to manage processes’ IO and CPU priorities |
| broot | Next gen tree explorer and customizable launcher |
| Cerebro | Fast application launcher |
| cheat.sh | Community driven unified cheat sheet |
| CopyQ | Advanced clipboard manager |
| croc | Securely transfer files and folders from the command-line |
| Deskreen | Live streaming your desktop to a web browser |
| duf | Disk usage utility with more polished presentation than the classic df |
| eza | A turbo-charged alternative to the venerable ls command |
| Extension Manager | Browse, install and manage GNOME Shell Extensions |
| fd | Wonderful alternative to the venerable find |
| fkill | Kill processes quick and easy |
| fontpreview | Quickly search and preview fonts |
| horcrux | File splitter with encryption and redundancy |
| Kooha | Simple screen recorder |
| KOReader | Document viewer for a wide variety of file formats |
| Imagine | A simple yet effective image optimization tool |
| LanguageTool | Style and grammar checker for 30+ languages |
| Liquid Prompt | Adaptive prompt for Bash & Zsh |
| lnav | Advanced log file viewer for the small-scale; great for troubleshooting |
| lsd | Like exa, lsd is a turbo-charged alternative to ls |
| Mark Text | Simple and elegant Markdown editor |
| McFly | Navigate through your bash shell history |
| mdless | Formatted and highlighted view of Markdown files |
| navi | Interactive cheatsheet tool |
| noti | Monitors a command or process and triggers a notification |
| Nushell | Flexible cross-platform shell with a modern feel |
| nvitop | GPU process management for NVIDIA graphics cards |
| OCRmyPDF | Add OCR text layer to scanned PDFs |
| Oh My Zsh | Framework to manage your Zsh configuration |
| Paperwork | Designed to simplify the management of your paperwork |
| pastel | Generate, analyze, convert and manipulate colors |
| PDF Mix Tool | Perform common editing operations on PDF files |
| peco | Simple interactive filtering tool that's remarkably useful |
| ripgrep | Recursively search directories for a regex pattern |
| Rnote | Sketch and take handwritten notes |
| scrcpy | Display and control Android devices |
| Sticky | Simulates the traditional “sticky note” style stationery on your desktop |
| tldr | Simplified and community-driven man pages |
| tmux | A terminal multiplexer that offers a massive boost to your workflow |
| Tusk | An unofficial Evernote client with bags of potential |
| Ulauncher | Sublime application launcher |
| Watson | Track the time spent on projects |
| Whoogle Search | Self-hosted and privacy-focused metasearch engine |
| Zellij | Terminal workspace with batteries included |
cheat.sh rocks.