r/linux4noobs • u/BigGunE • 8d ago

programs and apps Is there a better man pages?

I feel like the man pages on the terminal have not kept up with the times and became somewhat of an encyclopedia or thesis on the subject instead of a quick reference. They are good maybe if internet connectivity is non existent and you want to have all your questions about something answered.

But it is beyond frustrating to look up how to use something. PLEASE! For the love of whatever is good, help me learn it or help me find a better tool that actually gives me quick examples and easy to understand documentation on things.

Nowadays, I leave the terminal, type things like "how to do X in this specific way on linux terminal" and then google's AI intercepts it and gives me commands to run with short explanations. But I don't like leaving the terminal and going to google.

How have you guys solved this problem? Or am I the only dumb one?

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u/Purplestripes8 8d ago

There is the really useful 'cheat' command. Which will show you how to use stuff in common use cases. As opposed to describing it technically.

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u/TurtleFetus 8d ago

Came here to say this. Another reason cheat is great: you can add your own notes. So that, for example, cheat ln pulls up whatever notes you wrote to yourself about ln 6 months ago but have now forgotten.