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Re:Examples for the tcpdump and dig man pages by stephenlf on Sunday March 15, 2026 @08:25AM (#47386728)
My go-to for examples is ‘tldr’ Maybe you could add the examples there, too? Then again, if every man page had basic usage examples, maybe I wouldn’t go to ‘tldr’
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Re:Examples for the tcpdump and dig man pages by mtlynch on Sunday March 15, 2026 @12:04PM (#47388726)
It's a bit weird to see someone doing free work for the community and then ask them to do even more free work.
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Re:Examples for the tcpdump and dig man pages by imiric on Sunday March 15, 2026 @08:30AM (#47386782)
I also like:

  cheat() {
     curl "cht.sh/$1"
  }
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