The steps I try to take when getting help with a command or tool is to:
1) use -h, --help, -help, -?, -igiveup
2) check manpage
3) search for online docs
4) ask community
5) file an issue
6) complain on mastodon
I've seen many different orders to those steps... what do you typically do?
Clayton /
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2024-02-19 22:38:37
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2024-02-19 22:38:37Event JSON
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