Indeed, only cases I see RTFM are stuff such as: how do I use the cut command to get columns 3 and 5 in a semicolon divided document?
And even then there’s generally someone explaining.
Now, regarding the quality of man pages… In maby cases it feels they were written in the 80s by someone who had to ship them as soon as possible and nobody ever improved them.
Some commands are very well explained with examples and such, some have the options clearly explained, many just have the list of options without clarifying what the option is for.
Indeed, only cases I see RTFM are stuff such as: how do I use the cut command to get columns 3 and 5 in a semicolon divided document? And even then there’s generally someone explaining.
Now, regarding the quality of man pages… In maby cases it feels they were written in the 80s by someone who had to ship them as soon as possible and nobody ever improved them. Some commands are very well explained with examples and such, some have the options clearly explained, many just have the list of options without clarifying what the option is for.