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There's a reason the man page is 200 pages long with 43,000 words. There's a lot more there than you imagine, much of it subtle. Once you've read it, you don't
by throwawaaarrgh 3y ago
There's a reason the man page is 200 pages long with 43,000 words. There's a lot more there than you imagine, much of it subtle.
Once you've read it, you don't need to Google anymore. You just open up the man page to the relevant section and see all the context, rather than just one answer to one question.
- corethree 3y agoWait. Why are you reading the bash man page without fully understanding man? You need to fully understand man before reading the man bash page. Here: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/man.1.html https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/man.1.html but before that are you reading that on chrome? Have you read the chrome documentation?
- legends2k 3y agoWhile man pages may not be for reading end to end, Bash's man pages are actually Info documents i.e. They're books with clear chapters, and are intended to be read like books.