tldr(1)

tldr1

Tldr 3.4.4 python command line client for tldr

Positional arguments

command

command to lookup

Named arguments

-v, --version

show program's version number and exit

--search

Search for a specific command from a query

-u, --update, --update_cache

Update the local cache of pages and exit

Default: False

-k, --clear-cache

Delete the local cache of pages and exit

Default: False

-p, --platform

Possible choices: android, freebsd, linux, netbsd, openbsd, osx, sunos, windows, common

Override the operating system [android, freebsd, linux, netbsd, openbsd, osx, sunos, windows, common]

-l, --list

List all available commands for operating system

Default: False

-s, --source

Override the default page source

Default: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tldr-pages/tldr/main/pages'

-c, --color

Override color stripping

-r, --render

Render local markdown files

Default: False

-L, --language

Override the default language

-m, --markdown

Just print the plain page file.

Default: False

--short-options

Display shortform options over longform

Default: False

--long-options

Display longform options over shortform

Default: False

--print-completion

Possible choices: bash, zsh, tcsh

print shell completion script

Releases

3 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 12
  2. 13
  3. Arch

--clear-cache until Debian 13 (Trixie); --color until Debian 13 (Trixie); --config-path until Debian 12 (Bookworm); --help until Debian 13 (Trixie); --language until Debian 13 (Trixie); --list until Debian 13 (Trixie); --no-auto-update until Debian 13 (Trixie); --pager until Debian 13 (Trixie); --platform until Debian 13 (Trixie); --quiet until Debian 13 (Trixie); --raw until Debian 13 (Trixie); --render until Debian 13 (Trixie); --seed-config until Debian 13 (Trixie); --show-paths until Debian 13 (Trixie); --update until Debian 13 (Trixie); --version until Debian 13 (Trixie); -L until Debian 13 (Trixie); -c until Debian 13 (Trixie); -f until Debian 13 (Trixie); -h until Debian 13 (Trixie); -l until Debian 13 (Trixie); -p until Debian 13 (Trixie); -q until Debian 13 (Trixie); -r until Debian 13 (Trixie); -u until Debian 13 (Trixie); -v until Debian 13 (Trixie).

Author

Felix Yan and tldr-pages contributors

From tldr 3.4.4-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.