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My only gripe with those new unix tools is that many of them don't come with a man page, even though they have essentially the same information elsewhere So, p
by nextaccountic 5y ago
My only gripe with those new unix tools is that many of them don't come with a man page, even though they have essentially the same information elsewhere
So, perhaps, take a look at https://github.com/rust-cli/man https://github.com/rust-cli/man or something
- drran 5y agoIMHO, just convert README.md into the man page using a md2man converter, and be done with it.
- attractivechaos 5y agoThis assumes README.md lists all the command-line options like in a manpage, which is not often the case. Also, manpages follow a conventional structure. You can expect the content in a manpage. Most READMEs are free-style. You don't know what is there. md2man doesn't solve the problem.
- drran 5y agoOk. Then just fire browser, then google project page, and then read free-style README.md at it original location. It's just a dozen clicks away.
- selfhoster11 5y agoYou assume that I have a browser that starts up quickly, or that it's not already loaded with a hundred other tabs on a good day.
- Y_Y 5y agoWell tldr (or tealdeer) or whatever is a nice example of another modern (semi-)alternative to man. tldr usually just gives a handful of explained example commands rather than an actual manual, but it's often enough information to solve the problem. I bet these some of these tools have pages on that at least. (I agree that a real manual is necessary too. Maybe you could convert one from the online docs?)