Re: "man" command made easy?

[Erik Steffl <steffl@bigfoot.com>]

john smith wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I was just wondering...I don't know if this topic is for this list but...is
> there a book or link somewhere that gives easier examples of how to do the
> correct syntax for "man" something. This probably won't be any problems to
> you unix gurus out there but if I wanted to do something and I do a "man"
> something, I get arcane (at least for me) explanations of how to use
> different options/parameters of that something but not giving me a simple
> example on how to do the command with the options I want correctly and I'd
> spend a lot of time figuring out the correct syntax instead of spending time
> with something else. it would certainly be nice for the "man" pages to
> include a simple example of a  correct command's syntax and how to add
> options etc.. along with the lengthy explanation of all of the available
> commands options. might not be useful to you gurus out there but it
> certainly will help newbies to make the learning curve a little easier?

  well, you might want to get a book or read some unix intro on 'net.
man pages are more like a dictionary, not a best book to learn
language... some of them have examples at the end... once you get used
to unix a bit the man pages are easy to understand...

  you might also try to file wishlist bugs for the ones that are extra
cryptic...

	erik