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added new quickget features to README and man page

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.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 3.1.9
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.TH "QUICKGET" "1" "November 10, 2023" "quickget" "Quickget User Manual"
.TH "QUICKGET" "1" "November 11, 2023" "quickget" "Quickget User Manual"
.SH NAME
quickget - download and prepare materials for building a quickemu VM
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\f[B]list | list_csv | list_json\f[R]
provide a csv list of all supported guest OSes, versions and variants.
.TP
\f[B]\f[CB]--show-iso-url\f[B] | -s\f[R] {\f[B]os\f[R]} {\f[B]release\f[R]} [\f[B]edition\f[R]]
show ISO download URL
.TP
\f[B]\f[CB]--test-iso-url\f[B] | -t\f[R] {\f[B]os\f[R]} {\f[B]release\f[R]} [\f[B]edition\f[R]]
test if ISO is available
.TP
\f[B]\f[CB]--open-distro-homepage\f[B] | -o\f[R] {\f[B]os\f[R]}
open OS homepage in browser
.TP
\f[B][OS] [Release] [Edition]\f[R]
specify the OS and release (and optional edition) if insufficient input
is provided a list of missing options will be reported and the script
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\f[CR]ubuntu-unity\f[R] (Ubuntu Unity)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[CR]xubuntu\f[R] (Xubuntu)
.PP
You can also use \f[CR]quickget\f[R] with options to:
.IP
.EX
# show an OS ISO download URL for {os} {release} [edition]
quickget --show-iso-url fedora 38 Silverblue
# test if and OS ISO is available for {os} {release} [edition]
quickget --test-iso-url nixos 23.05 plasma5
# open an OS distribution homepage in a browser
quickget --open-distro-homepage ubuntu-mate
.EE
.PP
The \f[CR]--show-iso-url\f[R] and \f[CR]--test-iso-url\f[R] options
\f[B]do not\f[R] work for \f[CR]Windows\f[R] (\f[CR]quickget\f[R] will
begin downloading the requested release and edition of windows)
.SS Other Operating Systems
\f[CR]quickget\f[R] also supports:
.IP \[bu] 2