Comment by carlosrg
8 years ago
I don't get the point of this. Man pages already have a "description" section where they give a simplified explanation of the tool, an "examples" section where they give typical usage, etc.
8 years ago
I don't get the point of this. Man pages already have a "description" section where they give a simplified explanation of the tool, an "examples" section where they give typical usage, etc.
"Description", yes, "Examples", not always; https://linux.die.net/man/1/sed https://linux.die.net/man/1/grep
I think the tldr client can be immensely helpful as a quick cheatsheet in daily operations, whereas manpages will remain to be go-to references for those with time and patience to learn all about the tool in question.
Only looking at GNU manual pages gives you a wildly incorrect impression of things.
* http://man.openbsd.org/sed#EXAMPLES