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Man pages bad (sh.itjust.works)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Manpages are good reference documentation when you already know which tool to use and how to use it and just need to tweak something. They can often be overwhelming otherwise. Just look at the number of flags on any git command, for example.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

You've nailed this here, yet get downvotes. The amount of times I've gone to a man page and my eyes glaze over. Really handy to learn new flags or if you forget, but as an introductory material. They don't work for everyone. People learn in different ways, sometimes by doing and my brain isn't wired this way.