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When reading through other people's code I often wonder if there is a quick way to find the definition of a particular command argument.

For example: Let's say I know what some_command does, but I don't know what the -x argument means. man some_command will certainly provide the answer, but scrolling through manual pages to find an obscure argument can be time-consuming.

Is there a quicker solution?

Thanks!

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    I think this will help you askubuntu.com/a/1281460/283843 Commented Dec 16, 2020 at 6:11
  • Thank you, that's perfect! I didn't realize that you could use the slash / with man, and that makes it all super-easy (the grep options are not straightforward). If you want to make your comment the answer, I'll accept it. Commented Dec 16, 2020 at 6:36

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