learnbyexample@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoNavigating around in your shellblog.meain.ioexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down14
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minus-squareouch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago Reading a blog post is more accessible than reading a man page. I don’t agree with that assessment at all. People should learn to read manpages, instead of being spoon-fed pieces of manpages in inferior form.
minus-squareChewy@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoAny program should have a man page, even if it only lists all options. My point is that a blog post helps some people to learn about a program. For example a post often highlights the most important options of a software.
I don’t agree with that assessment at all. People should learn to read manpages, instead of being spoon-fed pieces of manpages in inferior form.
Any program should have a man page, even if it only lists all options. My point is that a blog post helps some people to learn about a program. For example a post often highlights the most important options of a software.