Adding to this comment is my recommendation to bro(http://bropages.org/ http://bropages.org/) command, which is a wiki-like man pages that simply tells you what

Adding to this comment is my recommendation to bro(http://bropages.org/ http://bropages.org/) command, which is a wiki-like man pages that simply tells you what the comand does on high level, and a few practical examples. man pages are great for the folks who are used to the type of prose and those who want to get to the bottom of the command. But I've almost always found the man pages unhelpful and sometimes even distracting(check the infamous sudoers manpage, which starts off with a 'Quick guide to EBNF). So my advice to those who start on linux is, if man pages aren't good for you, then google! more often than not, the task you're trying to do is something that someone has already tried to do, and there will be an easier-to-understand description than man page.