Explainshell.com – match command-line arguments to their help text

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  "author": "Idan Kamara",
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  "description": "examples                                            :(){ :|:& };:                        for user in $(cut -f1 -d: /etc/passwd); do crontab -u $user -l 2>/dev/null; done                       ...",
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  "content": "<div>\n                    <h3>examples</h3>\n                    <ul>\n                        <li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=%3A%28%29%7B%20%3A%7C%3A%26%20%7D%3B%3A\">:(){ :|:&amp; };:</a></li>\n                        <li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=for%20user%20in%20%24%28cut%20-f1%20-d%3A%20/etc/passwd%29%3B%20do%20crontab%20-u%20%24user%20-l%202%3E/dev/null%3B%20done\">for user in $(cut -f1 -d: /etc/passwd); do crontab -u $user -l 2&gt;/dev/null; done</a></li>\n                        <li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=file%3D%24%28echo%20%60basename%20%22%24file%22%60%29\">file=$(echo `basename \"$file\"`)</a></li>\n                        <li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=true%20%26%26%20%7B%20echo%20success%3B%20%7D%20%7C%7C%20%7B%20echo%20failed%3B%20%7D\">true &amp;&amp; { echo success; } || { echo failed; }</a></li>\n                        <li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=cut%20-d%20%27%20%27%20-f%201%20/var/log/apache2/access_logs%20%7C%20uniq%20-c%20%7C%20sort%20-n\">cut -d ' ' -f 1 /var/log/apache2/access_logs | uniq -c | sort -n</a></li>\n                        <li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=tar%20zcf%20-%20some-dir%20%7C%20ssh%20some-server%20%22cd%20/%3B%20tar%20xvzf%20-%22\">tar zcf - some-dir | ssh some-server \"cd /; tar xvzf -\"</a></li>\n                        <li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=tar%20xzvf%20archive.tar.gz\">tar xzvf archive.tar.gz</a></li>\n                        <li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=find%20.%20-type%20f%20-print0\">find . -type f -print0</a></li>\n                        <li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=ssh%20-i%20keyfile%20-f%20-N%20-L%201234%3Awww.google.com%3A80%20host\">ssh -i keyfile -f -N -L 1234:www.google.com:80 host</a></li>\n                        <li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=git%20log%20--graph%20--abbrev-commit%20--pretty%3Doneline%20origin..mybranch\">git log --graph --abbrev-commit --pretty=oneline origin..mybranch</a></li>\n                    </ul>\n                </div>",
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