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Read the Following Manual (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

No memory is me being hyperbolic but it's severely limited. So I feel like reading a manual line by line means I get much less out of it but it's a large amount of time invested. So I have to factor in that my retention vs time on task is pretty skewed. It's frustrating. I need to do something a few times to learn. Learning by reading is not great for me. But tech is a very document heavy industry

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

So: read the man page, find the switches and options you need and hand write that bitch on a notepad, close the man page and execute the command. It’s tedious but it will help your not-great memory work a lot better.

[–] GreenMartian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or easier, just fire up multiple tty's. The poor person's tabs.

[–] IncogCyberspaceUser@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What does tty mean in this context?

[–] coriza@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

In this context it is multiple command line instances, like multiple terminals.

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Thank you for the advice. I'll try that

[–] subignition@fedia.io 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Most people don't memorize things just by reading them. If you chose to construct some simple exercises/examples for yourself to learn by doing, this is very normal and in fact a good idea!

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Thanks I'll give that a try.