Oh Man !!
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I really think
tldr
-esque snippets should be mandatory in manpages. Manpages are important documentation for when you already know how to use a program, but sometimes (always) I don’t have 30 minutes to read the entire manual to figure out how to start using a program. The ffmpeg man is practically a book! Meanwhiletldr
can give me exactly what I need to get started. If there’s notldr
and I can’t grep something out of the man, then I’m using a search engine.Manpages that include a section full of the most common usage examples are the true MVP.
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