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On Friday 08 August 2008 16:18:40 Billie Walsh wrote:
> Most man pages are just gibberish for me. I
> haven't a clue what half the stuff they're telling me is, or does.
>
> The same goes or many of the "wiki" pages that I find. They are
> written by people that find it second nature to do what their
> trying to tell other what to do. If you don't have the knowledge
> base necessary it is nearly impossible to decipher.

That makes two of us then ;-)

I don't and haven't programmed but I do remember my first lesson, it 
was to "program" the cooking of an egg. It taught us to assume 
nothing and describe every step.

I too often flounder following man or command line lines.

Andrew