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    1 month ago

    man man-pages tells writers to only include examples if it is complicated to piece together, otherwise just explain what man page you need to read before, e.g. understanding open(3) before read(3).

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      1 month ago

      that’s interesting, I didn’t know that. Stupid design choices on so many pages suddenly make more sense.