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minus-squaretomkatt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down5·1 year agoYou might be thinking of info pages. The man pages are just the instructions, feature flags, etc. generally, while info (when available) usually has a more general / layman description of the command with examples.
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minus-squaretomkatt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoIt’s possible. A lot of things merge the info and man pages now if both are installed, that could be the case here. Or Mac just documents it further.
minus-squarelibewa@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agomacOS is BSD Unix, which is known for longer and more in-depth man pages.
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You might be thinking of
infopages. Themanpages are just the instructions, feature flags, etc. generally, whileinfo(when available) usually has a more general / layman description of the command with examples.deleted by creator
It’s possible. A lot of things merge the info and man pages now if both are installed, that could be the case here. Or Mac just documents it further.
macOS is BSD Unix, which is known for longer and more in-depth man pages.