From: porkchop@invalid.foo   
      
   On Thu, 6 Nov 2025 06:40:43 +0100, Janis Papanagnou wrote:   
      
   > While file arguments are part of the interface syntax   
   > redirections (like < building blocks; I wouldn't include them in the usage   
   > description.   
      
   Noted.   
      
   > Examples are fine (but '-' is syntactically unnecessary).   
   > A description is completely missing. (And a manual page   
   > should also have information about exit status codes.)   
      
   Yes.   
      
   > My preference for usage information goes in the direction   
   > (despite being also - like your "Syntax" line - formally   
   > not perfectly accurate)...   
   >   
   >   
   > Synopsis:   
   >     tinybase [ -q queries... | -t | -m ] files...   
   >   
   > Options:   
   >     -q queries...     comma separated list of queries   
   >     -t                   
   >     -m                show manual   
   >   
   > Description:   
   >     ...   
   >   
   > Examples:   
   >     tinybase -q 'query1, query2, query3' - *.txt   
   >     tinybase -t - *.txt   
   >     tinybase -m > manual.txt   
      
   That's closer to what I what in fact.   
      
   As always, thanks Janis, lots of good info.   
   Slowly but surely I move forward.   
      
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