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Notes on clarifying man pages

Julia Evans · published 18 February 2026

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https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rsync.1

download.samba.org

https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/strace.1.html

man7.org

https://gist.github.com/jvns/9f5966633875a4758e0d947a5b4dbdcf

gist.github.com

https://linux.die.net/man/1/perlcheat

linux.die.net

https://man.openbsd.org/tail

man.openbsd.org

https://git-scm.com/docs/git-add

git-scm.com

https://git-scm.com/docs/git-rebase

git-scm.com

https://curl.se/docs/manpage.html

curl.se

https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/ascii.7.html

man7.org

https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/tail.1.html

man7.org

https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html

gnu.org

https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/tail-invocation.html

gnu.org

https://www.fsf.org/gnu-press

fsf.org

https://shop.fsf.org/

shop.fsf.org

https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html

gnu.org

https://sourceware.org/glibc/manual/latest/html_mono/libc.html

sourceware.org

https://fishshell.com/

fishshell.com

https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/blob/master/share/tools/create_manpage_completions.py

github.com

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https://kapeli.com/dash

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https://comments.jvns.ca/post/116093529820975727

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https://github.com/curl/curl/blob/dc08922a61efe546b318daf964514ffbf41583

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