[ekyo777]

For those like me who want to call it from their zsh, add the following to your .zshrc:

explain(){ curl -s $(echo "http://explainshell.com/explain/$1?args=${@:2}" | sed -e 's/ /+/g') | sed -n '/<pre/,/<\/pre>/p' | sed -s 's/<[^>]>//g' | sed -e 's/^ //g;s/ *$//g' | grep '.' | cat }

and call it, for example like: explain git status -s

[idank]

Ha, cute! I'll add an API soon enough to return some JSON, so command line tools could wrap it more conveniently.

[connerbryan]

Perhaps I'm missing something, but this doesn't work for me:

% explain git status -s

explain:1: no such file or directory: http://explainshell.com/explain/git?args=status

curl: no URL specified!

sed: -e expression #1, char 11: unterminated `s' command

[ekyo777]

It's probably hn's formatting. I just tried copy/pasting from my post and I get the same error.

Try copying it from there: https://gist.github.com/ekyo/6383547

I can't edit my previous post anymore, if someone can maybe add something like "EDIT: copy/paste friendly version https://gist.github.com/ekyo/6383547" or better, fix the formatting so it works...