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I’m not saying you shouldn’t use TLDR or StackOverflow. I’m just saying you could benefit from reading the manpage once instead of TLDR 10 times a day. That doe
by hk__2 11y ago
I’m not saying you shouldn’t use TLDR or StackOverflow. I’m just saying you could benefit from reading the manpage once instead of TLDR 10 times a day. That doesn’t mean you won’t forget most of the stuff and will use TLDR/SO to find it again but at least you’ll be more comfortable using the tool.
In the `tar` case if you know what c, x, v, z and f stand for you can cover 99% of the tar use cases because those can be combined. You learn 5 letters and have now access to 8 different commands (`{c,x}[v][z]f`). Learn one more letter, `t`, and you can combine it with your existing knowledge to have 3 more commands (tf, tvf, tzvf).
- ryandrake 11y agoGreat. Then put those options near the top. Why are options on man pages organized alphabetically? What common use case drives that decision?
- hk__2 11y agoWell, in a dictionary words are not listed at the beginning. The alphabet itself doesn’t have the most common letters at the beginning. What we should do is put the manpage examples at the beginning instead of the end.