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		thiht on May 19, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Get help on any Linux command by typing '... I remember there was the `apropos` command for this use case but I don't think the results were good enough. It might be worth the comparison in your readme though. Anyway when I started using Linux I would have loved something like this.

filterfish on May 19, 2020 [–]

I use `man -k` (which is the same thing) all the time.

It has a slightly different use case though.

kjs3 on May 19, 2020 | [–]

Those were the two I immediately thought of as well.

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