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minus-squareodium@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoBut ofc, there’s always no documentation available other than a man page.
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoIf you have a problem with man pages, you have a bigger problem.
minus-squareodium@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI have no problems with small man pages. My problems with manpages arise when a command has hundreds of arguments and I need to find a very specific combination.
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoSearching helps. Open a man page, press forward slash, type your arg, press Enter. Press “n” to get to the next hit or Shift+n to go to the previous.
minus-squareMigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoA manpage is usually perfectly good with how descriptive they are. Not a problem unless you’re really short on time
But ofc, there’s always no documentation available other than a man page.
If you have a problem with man pages, you have a bigger problem.
I have no problems with small man pages. My problems with manpages arise when a command has hundreds of arguments and I need to find a very specific combination.
Searching helps. Open a man page, press forward slash, type your arg, press Enter. Press “n” to get to the next hit or Shift+n to go to the previous.
A manpage is usually perfectly good with how descriptive they are. Not a problem unless you’re really short on time