On Friday, October 26, 2018 01:20:36 PM Gene Heskett wrote: > Agreed, a good man page is the best. I've no clue why there seems to be > an aversion to a man page that has to be scrolled to read it all. All of > us have up/down arrows on our keyboards, and 99% have a mouse wheel, so > there is no excuse that holds water to not put it all in the man > page. "man bash" if you man page authors want to see what a real man > page looks like.
Just to chime in, my problem with the bash man page is knowing whether a given command is a bash built-in or external command -- if built-in, I'll find information within the man page. I usually first look for a standalone man page, but if I don't find it, it could be either because it is a bash built-in or because there is no manpage.
