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every time i can't remember how to use a command (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by atmur@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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this image comes to mind every time i use man pages

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[-] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 33 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

And then the manpage goes:

ThE fUlL dOcUmEnTaTiOn CaN bE vIeWeD wItH "info blah invocation"

Stop trying to make info a thing. It's not going to be a thing.

[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I used a tool yesterday whose manpage told me to look into --help for full list of commands. The audacity!

[-] Octopus1348@lemy.lol 9 points 10 months ago

They could've just copy-pasted it! And --help should be a brief, easy-to-understand list of commands and explanations, not an extension

[-] anarchy79@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Some examples and common uses would be nice...

[-] Octopus1348@lemy.lol 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yeah. I recommend the TLDR terminal tool. You can contribute command TLDRs. If there is a one for said command, you can type tldr comad and it will give you some valid uses and example commands.

[-] anarchy79@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I knew about tldr, I'm old Linuxoid now, but didn't know you could contribute. I'll give it another go. By this point though... I've already been through the hellfire.

[-] renormalizer@feddit.de 6 points 10 months ago

Especially when you don't have a US keyboard. How the fuck am I supposed to navigate through the info document when the key combination to follow links is Ctrl+] and ] itself is hidden behind some modifier combo?

[-] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago

Sounds like it needs better localization

[-] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 5 points 10 months ago

It needs to die in a fire. All hail man pages!

[-] Libretto@iusearchlinux.fyi 4 points 10 months ago

That's basically just GNU programs

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