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All the manpages are bad IMO. A set of examples with a textual description of what each is doing would be far more useful in 99% of cases than a list of flags.
by avsteele 3y ago
All the manpages are bad IMO. A set of examples with a textual description of what each is doing would be far more useful in 99% of cases than a list of flags.
- somat 3y agoYou have to learn both ways and work your way to the middle, or at least I do. you need the tutorial(or example) to get context about what you are doing. you need the reference manual to learn the syntax, the minutia, of what you are doing. just the reference manual you have little to no clue on how things tie togther. with just the tutorial/examples you have no clue about the scope and bounds of the system