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But man pages are man pages, not HOWTOs and thus don’t tell you ... how to :)


I have to confess, I use man pages for a quick thing I want to know such as options. For how to, man pages aren’t structured to teach step by step like a how to. A how to is like a tutorial or instruction manual and I think man pages are like reference books.


This is often true, but many man pages have a pretty good examples section. Sometimes these are good enough, and are at least worth checking for.




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