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every time i can't remember how to use a command
(lemmy.world)
this image comes to mind every time i use man pages
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I've never used it. Just typing /h -h --help and if that doesn't work then I'm Googling it.
"help is an invalid command. Use --help for help."
I always feel like an idiot when a read an error message like that.
I legitimately don't understand why people still insist on recommending it. Like it had its place, and it was awesome for what it was, but there are many better ways of displaying that info and better ways of searching for it. If it's the only option, fine. Otherwise, I'm not parsing through that shit in a terminal.
I disagree that there are much better ways. When I have a question while I'm working in the terminal, it's nice to have a searchable manual that's in the terminal.
But I can certainly understand why modern manpages aren't well-developed. That info is already somewhere else. And it's good enough. It's not like I'm paying people to write manpages.
It's learned masochism to use the terminal for everything at this point.