Oh it is certainly not just you, I am sometimes confused reading them even for commands I have used for years and I know what flag I am looking for but don’t remember the exact syntax or something hah! I am glad they are there but they are definitely not a complete guide to any command, especially built-ins.
Interestingly, this is something AI has been very useful for to me, less searching because I can describe the outcome I want and it figures out what I am talking about generally.
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 hours ago
Bingo.
And even then it’s difficult to find shit, like for instance, finding the working directory for
crontabwhen run as root. This answer on Stack Overflow is the embodiment of my second example in the other comment. The answer goes into great detail, references the man pages, and still doesn’t answer the question in any reasonable capacity for a “standard user” like myself.