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minus-squareYote.zip@pawb.socialdeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 years agoNot all programs have a --help, and --help doesn’t always give you clear examples of how to use something. For example, ffmpeg’s help gives a dump of all the options, and no examples of how you probably want to put them together.
minus-squarerosa666parks@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 years agoGotcha I’m still learning Linux, thanks for the clarification.
minus-squaresomerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.comdeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agotldr is superior
Isn’t that —help?
Not all programs have a --help, and --help doesn’t always give you clear examples of how to use something. For example, ffmpeg’s help gives a dump of all the options, and no examples of how you probably want to put them together.
Gotcha I’m still learning Linux, thanks for the clarification.
tldr is superior