rfc
Read IETF RFCs from the terminal
TLDR
Open an RFC by number
$ rfc [791]
Search RFCs by keyword (if supported by build)$ rfc [search-term]
SYNOPSIS
rfc *number*|*query*
DESCRIPTION
rfc fetches and displays IETF Request for Comments documents in the terminal, so you can read protocol specifications without a browser. Implementations commonly page through text via $PAGER. The widely packaged tool from bfontaine/rfc is a small shell wrapper around remote RFC text sources.
PARAMETERS
*number*
RFC number to retrieve (e.g. 7231).Behavior for keyword search, local caching, and offline mirrors depends on the version—run rfc -h or read the script header.
INSTALL
sudo pacman -S rfc
nix profile install nixpkgs#rfc
CAVEATS
Requires network access unless a local RFC collection is configured. Formatting is plain text; some RFCs are better read as PDF/HTML on the IETF site.
