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		NoSalt 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Man pages are great, man readers are the problem I would also suggest that man pages need examples. Oftentimes, what is required, and how it is required, is not very clear, and examples would go a long way towards helping people more. Granted, some man pages do have examples, but not near enough do.

seri4l 5 months ago [–]

I agree. In case you haven't heard of it already https://tldr.sh is pretty good for this.

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