# Install eg-examples with Homebrew, dnf Useful examples at the command-line. Version 1.2.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with dnf: sudo dnf install eg. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:eg-examples ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install eg-examples ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install eg ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: eg from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:eg-examples - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.2.3 - **Source summary:** Useful examples at the command-line - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - eg (cli) - eg (alias) ## Dependencies - python@3.14 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-04 - Package-manager version: 1.2.3 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/srsudar/eg - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage eg is a command-line examples browser: a companion to man pages that shows short, practical examples for common Unix commands. ### Project history The srsudar/eg repository was created in 2015. Its README says the name comes from exempli gratia and positions the tool as a way to get examples for commands like find and tar without reading a full manual page. ### Adoption history eg was packaged for both pip and Homebrew, with the Homebrew formula named eg-examples to avoid colliding with the separate Expert Guide package named eg. The README also documents running from source with a symlink to eg_exec.py. ### How it is used Users run eg followed by a program name, such as eg find, or run eg --list to see available example topics. Example files live as Markdown in an examples directory, and output is normally paged through less while respecting PAGER. The tool supports custom example directories, an XDG config file at $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/eg/egrc, a legacy ~/.egrc location, color settings, squeezed output, substitutions, and custom pagers. ### Why package nerds care eg-examples is a neat package-manager corner case: the upstream command is simply eg, but the Homebrew package name is disambiguated because another historical terminal tool already owns the eg formula name. ### Timeline - 2015: Public GitHub repository created. - 2015: v1.0.0 tag appears in the upstream tag history. - 2025: Repository still receives updates according to GitHub metadata. ### Related projects - Related projects include man, tldr-style command examples, pager tools such as less, and the unrelated davep/eg Expert Guide reader that explains the Homebrew naming distinction. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/eg/egrc, ~/.egrc ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** eg-examples - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Conflicts With:** eg - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - dnf - eg - 1.7.5.2-44.fc45: installed executable or alias match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: eg from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Git for mere mortals | http://www.gnome.org/~newren/eg/ ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://pkg.so/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [python@3.14](https://pkg.so/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ascii](https://pkg.so/brew/ascii/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, reference. - [cppman](https://pkg.so/brew/cppman/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, reference. - [sphinx-doc](https://pkg.so/brew/sphinx-doc/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation. - [doxygen](https://pkg.so/brew/doxygen/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation. - [docutils](https://pkg.so/brew/docutils/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation. - [docbook-xsl](https://pkg.so/brew/docbook-xsl/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation. - [texinfo](https://pkg.so/brew/texinfo/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation. - [plantuml](https://pkg.so/brew/plantuml/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation. - [howdoi](https://pkg.so/brew/howdoi/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, command-line, developer, developer-tools, line. - [adr-viewer](https://pkg.so/brew/adr-viewer/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, documentation, python. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/eg-examples.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/eg-examples.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - pkgdb category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph