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Nak. Help output can be more concise because it does not have to explain what the command is used for, does not have to enumerate every option for a particular
by CameronNemo 7y ago
Nak. Help output can be more concise because it does not have to explain what the command is used for, does not have to enumerate every option for a particular flag, does not need a "See Also" or "Examples" section, etc.
- trasz 7y agoIt's what the SYNOPSIS section is for, at the top of the man page, so you don't need to scroll down in the pager. In a more general sense, though, this is why BSD systems generally try to avoid bloat in the core utilities. It's not about the code size - it never was - but rather the overhead on maintainers and users.