/readme

Primary LanguageJavaScript

readme

Retrieve a node module's readme from the command line, and pipe it into less.

Installation

> npm install readme -g

Usage

Show the readme for a node module.

readme resolves your module in the same way as require()

> readme          # for the current module.

> readme optimist # for a locally installed module

> readme readme -g # for a globally installed module.

> readme -c http   # for a core module

> readme readme --web # open the project's webpage

> readme readme --gh # open the projects github page

Shell completions

readme comes with completions for the Fish shell (completions for other shells welcome).

To install completions, put completions/readme.fish file to a directory listed in $fish_complete_path.

$ curl -L https://raw.github.com/dominictarr/readme/master/completions/readme.fish >~/.config/fish/completions/readme.fish

License

BSD