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More than worrying about what to read next, I'd worry about fully understanding how a command is used in practice. It's one thing to read (say) the xargs man page and another thing to have a sense where it'll come in handy. Similarly, some commands have dozens of options, while you only need to understand a few for most of the common uses.

So I'd recommend doing a bit more than reading the man page. The best suggestion I can think of is to also read the top 3-5 questions on StackExchange that mention that command.

PS: after reading the man page for man itself, I recommend 'man apropos'. :)

The StackExchange idea is excellent. I'll get a sense of how the command should be used in real environments.

I'll definitely check out 'apropos'. :)

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