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bigstrat2003 ◴[] No.45536084[source]
Similarly, unix man pages desperately need examples. They are almost without fail written as an exhaustive reference for someone who already knows how to use the tool, which is a totally valid use case. But that means they're generally useless for someone trying to use a tool for the first time. Good documentation needs to have both.
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1. tsoukase ◴[] No.45539526[source]
This. I do not know how many people are disappointed at their initial contact with Unix/Linux because they hit a complicated man page while trying to use a command