Examples for the tcpdump and dig man pages

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Julia Evans

Julia Evans contributed beginner-friendly examples to the official man pages for tcpdump and dig. The goal was to add the most basic usage examples for infrequent users. She shares her motivation for improving official documentation (accuracy, maintainer knowledge), describes writing a custom markdown-to-roff conversion script to avoid learning roff directly, and reflects on the value of well-maintained official docs compared to blog posts and Stack Overflow.

the goal: include the most basic examples

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