I rarely ever use the date command, but when I need it I almost always struggle to get the right incantation. So, wrote a blog post for easy reference.

Do you use a cheatsheet as well?

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the manpage has me covered tbh

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I thought that was…

mandated

YyyYyYeeeaaaAaaAaaAhhHhHhhhHH

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After a man date, I like to do a man touch and man mount.

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Try the tldr util on linux.

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I’m addition to tldr which someone else suggested, there’s also the cheat command. It’s pretty easy to add to it’s cheat sheets, if you have custom commands, or want to keep a specific example. I’ve never kept a physical cheat sheet… They’re just too inconvenient and my fingers are probably already at the keyboard.

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Saving this post in case I ever get a date.

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Thanks for posting this. Exmples are very useful.

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