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1. SrslyJ+(OP)[view] [source] 2014-01-25 20:40:33
Pro (not bro) tip:

1. PAGER=less; export PAGER 2. man somecmd 3. Type "G" and hit ctrl-b once or twice

Examples in man pages! Who knew?

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2. bjourn+X2[view] [source] 2014-01-25 21:19:52
>>SrslyJ+(OP)
Not sure if you are joking. But G takes you to the end of the man page and ctrl-b one page up. Only rarely will that show you any examples.
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3. crassh+O48[view] [source] 2014-01-30 21:04:52
>>SrslyJ+(OP)
I think the point is that `man` pages usually don't have enough examples. I've started switching to `info` for commands I don't know the first thing about. But a step further in the direction of examples would be helpful, especially for newbies.
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