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I suspect many linux users nowadays don't even know that manpages exist or don't want to use them. Otherwise blogposts like this would not exist.

• sublinear 4y ago
  They know the man pages exist and they want to use them, but most are written to merely be consistent in format and not necessarily in content. The worst thing to omit is examples. What users do nowadays is rely on alternatives such as https://tldr.inbrowser.app/ https://tldr.inbrowser.app/
  • voidfunc 4y ago
    This is my experience with manpages, they're great if you sort of know what you need or want deep CLI options reference but often lack in recipes or examples.
    • dingosity 4y ago
      man -k
• piyh 4y ago
  Man pages are too long and technical for 70% of casual use when the answers are a Google away. Normal usage patterns don't involve using every option, and that's what man pages are focused on documenting.
  • dingosity 4y ago
    I'm not sure why a video of a 60's TV show would be useful when you're trying to get an explanation of command line options for common posix commands. But you do you.