Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Wesley @obj@mastodon.bsd.cafe

3/16/2026, 7:16:16 PM

Public

Beautiful man pages on #OpenBSD with bat 🐱
$ doas pkg_add bat
$ man pf.conf | bat -pl man

Justine Smithies @justine@snac.smithies.me.uk

3/16/2026, 7:22:25 PM

Public

I have the following set in my .kshrc to do exactly that.

# coloured man pages
man() {
    sh -c "man '$@' | col -bx | bat -l man"
}

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