tldr/scripts

Scripts

The current directory contains useful scripts used/to use with tldr pages.

[!NOTE] Git and Python must be installed in your system to run/test the scripts locally.

Summary

This section contains a summary of the scripts available in this directory. For more information about each script, please refer to the header of each script.

• pdf directory contains the render.py and build-pdf.sh script and related resources to generate a PDF document of tldr-pages for a specific language or platform (or both).
• build.sh script builds the ZIP archives of the pages directory.
• build-index.sh script builds the index of available pages.
• check-pr.sh script checks the page's syntax and performs various checks on the PR.
• deploy.sh script deploys the ZIP and PDF archives to the static website repository.
• send-to-bot.py is a Python script that sends the build or test output to tldr-bot.
• set-alias-page.py is a Python script to generate or update alias pages.
• set-more-info-link.py is a Python script to generate or update more information links across pages.
• set-page-title.py is a Python script to update the title across pages.
• test.sh script runs some basic tests on every PR/commit to ensure the pages are valid and the code is formatted correctly.
• wrong-filename.sh script checks the consistency between the filenames and the page title.
• update-command.py is a Python script to update the common contents of a command example across all languages.

Compatibility

The table below shows the compatibility of user-executable scripts with different platforms:

Script	Linux	macOS (osx)	Windows
render.py	✅	✅	✅
build-pdf.sh	✅	✅	❌ (WSL ✅)
build.sh	✅	✅	❌ (WSL ✅)
set-alias-pages.py	✅	✅	✅
set-more-info-link.py	✅	✅	✅
set-page-title.py	✅	✅	✅
wrong-filename.sh	✅	❌	❌ (WSL ✅)
update-command.py	✅	✅	✅