Yeah, 100% serious. First example from manpages on `find`:
Simple `find|xargs` approach
Find files named core in or below the directory /tmp and delete them.
$ find /tmp -name core -type f -print | xargs /bin/rm -f
Pretty simple to understand what's going on here. `-name` allows you to specify what filename you're searching for, `/tmp` (first argument) is the directory to search in and `-type` helps you select what kind of thing to search for. Remove the last part as you don't care about deleting anything.
It's really that simple. In fact, unsure how it even can get easier. Just because there are complex examples doesn't mean you can understand the snippets you need and ignore the rest.
And no, manpages are not for newbies who don't know how to A) read manuals B) have no idea about unix. They are for people who are looking for specific pieces of data related to a tool they are using, manpages are reference manuals and they will stay like that.
If you need tutorials/guides, there are plenty of other tools for that. I recently found out about the `info` program that does what you're looking for as well.
" I recently found out about the `info` program that does what you're looking for as well."
No, it does not.
I am looking for simple straight forward information.
Info does also not provide that in the examples I tried.
There seems a culture problem. Some people like it complicated and as information dense as possible?
Well, I don't. I know how to read very deep technical information if I have to. But I prefer it simple and structured. So I only see the information I want and not all the obscure use cases too. That cost energy filtering it out. Energy I want to use to get things done.
And btw. I was once introduced to Linux with manpages as the way to go. No wonder linux never reached the masses.
It's really that simple. In fact, unsure how it even can get easier. Just because there are complex examples doesn't mean you can understand the snippets you need and ignore the rest.
And no, manpages are not for newbies who don't know how to A) read manuals B) have no idea about unix. They are for people who are looking for specific pieces of data related to a tool they are using, manpages are reference manuals and they will stay like that.
If you need tutorials/guides, there are plenty of other tools for that. I recently found out about the `info` program that does what you're looking for as well.