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https://github.com/bahmutov/manpm
Shows the relevant part of NPM module's README file right in your terminal
https://github.com/bahmutov/manpm
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Shows the relevant part of NPM module's README file right in your terminal
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/bahmutov/manpm
- Owner: bahmutov
- Created: 2015-11-23T18:21:18.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-09-05T18:52:15.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-07-19T10:13:22.660Z (2 months ago)
- Topics: cli, man, npm
- Language: JavaScript
- Size: 188 KB
- Stars: 42
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 216
- Open Issues: 4
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# manpm
> Shows the relevant part of NPM module's README file right in your terminal
[![NPM][manpm-icon] ][manpm-url]
[](https://github.com/bahmutov/manpm)
[](https://github.com/bahmutov/manpm)
[![CI][ci-badge] ][ci-url]
[![semantic-release][semantic-image] ][semantic-url]
[](https://github.com/bahmutov/npm-module-checklist#readme)
[CHECKLIST.md](CHECKLIST.md)
[manpm-icon]: https://nodei.co/npm/manpm.png?downloads=true
[manpm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/manpm
[ci-badge]: https://travis-ci.org/bahmutov/manpm.png?branch=master
[ci-url]: https://travis-ci.org/bahmutov/manpm
[semantic-image]: https://img.shields.io/badge/%20%20%F0%9F%93%A6%F0%9F%9A%80-semantic--release-e10079.svg
[semantic-url]: https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release
## Badge
If you module has API well-described in the README, and `manpm ` works well,
consider adding the following `manpm compatible` badge to your README. Here is the markdown
for both variants: words or unicode symbols
```
[](https://github.com/bahmutov/manpm)
[](https://github.com/bahmutov/manpm)
```
## Install
npm install -g manpm
## Show the entire README from a package or github repo
You can give NPM package name (like `manpm`), GitHub user / repo pair (like `bahmutov/manpm`) or
full GitHub url (like `https://github.com/bahmutov/object-fitter` or `[email protected]:bahmutov/object-fitter.git`).
manpm
For example `manpm email-regex` will render the README from
[email-regex](https://www.npmjs.com/package/email-regex) package in you terminal
## Show part of the readme
manpm [optional search text inside README]
If search text is provided, only a section of the README file with that text
(if found) will be displayed.
The following search features are implemented
- [x] find exact match in the section heading text
- [ ] fuzzy text match in the section heading text
- [x] find exact match in the section body
- [ ] fuzzy text match in the section body
I am still looking for a library capable of fuzzy text search.
Maybe [lunr](https://github.com/olivernn/lunr.js)?
## Show and search local README
Sometimes you just want to find a section in the local README file, right in the current directory.
manpm . [optional search text]
## Example: showing ES6 docs
There is a great GitHub repo [ES6 Overview in 350 Bullet Points](https://github.com/bevacqua/es6)
hosted at `https://github.com/bevacqua/es6`. Let us see how we can info for `WeakSets`
```
$ manpm bevacqua/es6 weaksets
# WeakSets
* WeakSet is sort of a cross-breed between Set and WeakMap
* A WeakSet is a set that can't be iterated and doesn't have enumeration methods
* WeakSet values must be reference types
* WeakSet may be useful for a metadata table indicating whether a reference is actively in use or not
* Read ES6 WeakSets in Depth (https://ponyfoo.com/articles/es6-weakmaps-sets-and-weaksets-in-depth#es6-weaksets)
(back to table of contents) (#table-of-contents)
```
I added an alias to `manpm bevacqua/es6` command to my shell alias file for convenience
$ echo 'alias es6-docs="manpm bevacqua/es6"' >> ~/.alias
source ~/.alias
es6-docs weaksets
es6-docs array
## Example: showing ES6 features
Another great succint overview of ES6 features is
in [lukehoban/es6features](https://github.com/lukehoban/es6features). Let us add an alias
echo 'alias es6-features="manpm lukehoban/es6features"' >> ~/.alias
source ~/.alias
Let us look up the binary notation in ES6
es6-features binary
### Binary and Octal Literals
Two new numeric literal forms are added for binary (b) and octal (o).
0b111110111 === 503 // true
0o767 === 503 // true
## Pipe through less | more
You can pipe the output of `manpm` through "less" or "more" tools - but you will
lose the Markdown highlighting.
manpm | less
manpm | more
## Advanced
If there are problems and `manpm` is not working as expected, you can see the debug output.
Just run the tool with `DEBUG=manpm manpm ...` environment setting.
$ DEBUG=manpm manpm object-fitter
manpm fetching README for package +0ms object-fitter
Good testing commands:
DEBUG=manpm npm run example-es6-docs
## Inspired by the following tools
* [man-n](https://github.com/man-n/man-n)
* [npm-man](https://github.com/eush77/npm-man)
* [readme](https://www.npmjs.com/package/readme)
I wanted something a little more API friendly, like finding and showing
a README section that talked about a specific API method for example.
## More examples
- 📺 Watch video [Type Placeholders Into The Form: manp and cypress-await example](https://youtu.be/Z4nDKbWMkJc)
### Small print
Author: Gleb Bahmutov © 2015
* [@bahmutov](https://twitter.com/bahmutov)
* [glebbahmutov.com](http://glebbahmutov.com)
* [blog](http://glebbahmutov.com/blog/)
License: MIT - do anything with the code, but don't blame me if it does not work.
Spread the word: tweet, star on github, etc.
Support: if you find any problems with this module, email / tweet /
[open issue](https://github.com/bahmutov/manpm/issues) on Github
## MIT License
Copyright (c) 2015 Gleb Bahmutov
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.