https://github.com/cheat/cheat
Introduction to Cheat and Why It’s Better Than Cheat.sh and Man
This program right here is a necessity on anyone’s Linux home desktop. It is superior to the man (manuals) because they are written for human beings. It is basically a script that replaces the original “curl cheat.sh/{command here”}. Example:
Using curl
Using the cheat program
The difference being one requires internet, the other downloads all the cheat sheets and automates everything for you. Using the cheat program is in general superior to using curl cheat.sh.
How to Install:
Normally I’d upload a Youtube video but this is pretty simple to do.
- Go to the releases section and download the latest release for your architecture (if you don’t know what this means, get the AMD64 one): https://github.com/cheat/cheat/releases/tag/4.4.0
- Extract/Decompress the tar.bz or .zip
- Mark cheat-linux-amd64 as executable (the only contents of the file)
- If GUI, right click and go to properties, permissions, and allow execution
- If CLI, chmod +x cheat-linux-amd64
- Move it to /usr/local/bin. This will make it so it can be executed with just mentioning it in the terminal
- If using CLI, rename it while moving it to “cheat”
- If using GUI, rename it to “cheat”
That’s it, now you have a cheat program on Linux that is better than the manuals.