Use tldr

tldr is a tool for reading short and concise versions of man-pages.

There are several implementation, please see the tldr website for a complete list.

Hence the name, which is short for:

Too long; Didn’t read

You can (as I learned with man-pages back in the day) do:

$ tldr tldr
tldr

Command-line client for tldr-pages.
Displays simplified and community-driven man pages.
More information: <https://tldr.sh>.

- Get typical usages of a command (hint: this is how you got here!):
    tldr command

- Show the tar tldr page for Linux:
    tldr -p linux tar

- Get help for a git subcommand:
    tldr git-checkout

Resources and References

• tldr website
• GitHub: tldr
• Urban Dictionary: tldr