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What is the differences between "man" and "info" command (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi,

I saw there https://askubuntu.com/questions/9325/what-is-the-difference-between-man-and-info-documentation that info is "better" than man because is outdated. Still right in 2023 ?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I completely forgot about info.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

There's also whatis for short summaries

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And don't forget apropos. I can't remember what it does, though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

It's just the same thing as man -k.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I've been using this one pretty often lately