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by pseudohadamard 105 days ago
Manpages are both good and awful. If you already know how to use the command and you just need a refresher on how to enable the diagnostic option for wolves, they're fine. OTOH if you don't know how to use the command they're terrible, just an endless catalogue of incomprehensible options scrolling past. Problem is that that's what Dennis and Ken created in 1929 for use on ASR-33s and it hasn't been updated since. 99% of the time when I need to use some new unfamiliar command I go to whatever DDG pops up, usually StackOverflow, for a guide on usage.