• ouch@lemmy.world
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    11 months 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.

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      11 months ago

      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.

    • IAm_A_Complete_Idiot@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      manpages aren’t guides though - they don’t help much in learning new tools, especially complicated ones. They’re comprehensive references, some can literally span hundreds of pages. Useful when you know what you’re doing and what you’re looking for, not great for learning new tools.