How do I access the API documentation from the command line on Linux?

Question

Is there a command to access rust-lang api documentation from the linux command line?

I'm after something similar to this example for golang documentation:

godoc strings Contains

which gives the output:

PACKAGE DOCUMENTATION

package strings import "strings"

FUNCTIONS

func Contains(s, substr string) bool Contains returns true if substr is within s.

I know there is a rustdoc command, but it only generates documentation, it doesn't display it.

Answer 1

We don't have a tool like this yet, but would like one. https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/issues/650 is tracking this issue.

( Formerly tracked as https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/6160 )

Answer 2

The only solution so far would be to use command line browser like lynx and go to http://doc.rust-lang.org/std/index.html.

Or as Intermernet noted you could pipe HTML docs into grep function. If I'm not mistaken, the nightlies should come with complied docs, if you require API docs.