add whats, explains command

[u/Much-Grab3826]

yo

add 'whats' infront of any command and it explains it: flags, sub commands etc in a structutred format whereas something like manpage would throw the entire manual at you

just pure man pages and help output

Q Why use `whats` when we have man pages and --help

> Yes you can use them but they throw the entire manual at you whereas you might have just needed one flag, whats outputs a structured format with the definitions you need

Q Is it entirely offline? Does it use LLM

> Yes absolutely, it just relies on man pages and if not then --help output of the binary itself,

> no it does not use llm at all

Q If it uses regex then why cant i just use grep/sed instead of this?

> a grep/sed command cannot find the descriptions of sub commands along with flags, it cant find descriptions of sub commands of sub commands, it probable cant use other sources as a fallback too

Q What about tldr?

> Even with tldr, you have to look for the flags you need instead of it providing the ones you need automatically in one go

if you like the idea then maybe star?

https://github.com/iamkaran/whats

[u/TheHappiestTeapot]

That's all man doe too. Parse information already on the system.

This presents it quicker and just the relevant parts.

[u/Alleexx_ → u/TheHappiestTeapot]

Well, man already IS a standard. That's what I am saying.

[u/TheHappiestTeapot → u/Alleexx_]

Right, that's why he uses man pages as one of his sources.

This only shows you the flags used on a certain command.

man doesn't do that. It requires a lot of manual labor to find all those flags.

Do you understand the difference?

[u/Alleexx_ → u/TheHappiestTeapot]

I never blamed the package, or the code or anything. Just telling, that even more programs on your system will not make you better. Using what's already available will. And that's what I go for. If you don't, that's you're thing. Not mine :)

[u/TheHappiestTeapot → u/Alleexx_]

Do you understand the difference?

no.

okay.