diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6d89185b9..6a265eac4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ indices.  Examples:
   $mean = $sum / $count # no assignment if count unset
 '
 % mlr --from infile.dat put -f analyze.mlr
+% mlr --from infile.dat put 'tee >  "./taps/data-".$a."-".$b, $*'
+% mlr --from infile.dat put -q '@v=$*; dump | "jq .[]"'
+% mlr --from infile.dat put  '(NR % 1000 == 0) { print > stderr, "Checkpoint ".NR}'
 ```
 
 This is something the Unix toolkit always could have done, and arguably always
diff --git a/c/cli/mlrcli.c b/c/cli/mlrcli.c
index 1683ae7e4..2ff3866ba 100644
--- a/c/cli/mlrcli.c
+++ b/c/cli/mlrcli.c
@@ -248,6 +248,10 @@ static void main_usage_examples(FILE* o, char* argv0, char* leader) {
 	fprintf(o, "  }\n");
 	fprintf(o, "  $mean = $sum / $count # no assignment if count unset'\n");
 	fprintf(o, "%s%s --from infile.dat put -f analyze.mlr\n", leader, argv0);
+	fprintf(o, "%s%s --from infile.dat put 'tee >  \"./taps/data-\".$a.\"-\".$b, $*'\n", leader, argv0);
+	fprintf(o, "%s%s --from infile.dat put -q '@v=$*; dump | \"jq .[]\"'\n", leader, argv0);
+	fprintf(o, "%s%s --from infile.dat put  '(NR %% 1000 == 0) { print > stderr, \"Checkpoint \".NR}'\n",
+		leader, argv0);
 }
 
 static void list_all_verbs_raw(FILE* o) {
diff --git a/c/todo.txt b/c/todo.txt
index 99692c832..b1bcda9ab 100644
--- a/c/todo.txt
+++ b/c/todo.txt
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ COMMON:
 * mlr -k | grep mlr | sed 's/Example: //' | sh 1>1 2>2
 ! flesh out ...'s in mlr -k's
 
-* some >/>>/| at cover x 3
-
 * lrec_reader factor take popts as well
 ~ lrec_reader/writer take sub-bagged cliopts pstructs
 ~ put/tee --oxxx flags overlays, w/ substruct data & federated substruct fcns
diff --git a/doc/index-snippet.txt b/doc/index-snippet.txt
index f36565942..5a8fb06a6 100644
--- a/doc/index-snippet.txt
+++ b/doc/index-snippet.txt
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@
   $mean = $sum / $count # no assignment if count unset
 '
 % mlr --from infile.dat put -f analyze.mlr
+% mlr --from infile.dat put 'tee >  "./taps/data-".$a."-".$b, $*'
+% mlr --from infile.dat put -q '@v=$*; dump | "jq .[]"'
+% mlr --from infile.dat put  '(NR % 1000 == 0) { print > stderr, "Checkpoint ".NR}'
diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html
index 3068a23a7..858b61e98 100644
--- a/doc/index.html
+++ b/doc/index.html
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ positional indices. For example:
   $mean = $sum / $count # no assignment if count unset
 '
 % mlr --from infile.dat put -f analyze.mlr
+% mlr --from infile.dat put 'tee >  "./taps/data-".$a."-".$b, $*'
+% mlr --from infile.dat put -q '@v=$*; dump | "jq .[]"'
+% mlr --from infile.dat put  '(NR % 1000 == 0) { print > stderr, "Checkpoint ".NR}'
 </pre>
 </div>
 <p/>
diff --git a/doc/manpage.html b/doc/manpage.html
index e04d3d101..92a161923 100644
--- a/doc/manpage.html
+++ b/doc/manpage.html
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ EXAMPLES
 	 }
 	 $mean = $sum / $count # no assignment if count unset'
        mlr --from infile.dat put -f analyze.mlr
+       mlr --from infile.dat put 'tee &gt;  "./taps/data-".$a."-".$b, $*'
+       mlr --from infile.dat put -q '@v=$*; dump | "jq .[]"'
+       mlr --from infile.dat put  '(NR % 1000 == 0) { print &gt; stderr, "Checkpoint ".NR}'
 
    DATA FORMATS
 	 DKVP: delimited key-value pairs (Miller default format)
diff --git a/doc/manpage.txt b/doc/manpage.txt
index d8936109b..58800e411 100644
--- a/doc/manpage.txt
+++ b/doc/manpage.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ EXAMPLES
 	 }
 	 $mean = $sum / $count # no assignment if count unset'
        mlr --from infile.dat put -f analyze.mlr
+       mlr --from infile.dat put 'tee >  "./taps/data-".$a."-".$b, $*'
+       mlr --from infile.dat put -q '@v=$*; dump | "jq .[]"'
+       mlr --from infile.dat put  '(NR % 1000 == 0) { print > stderr, "Checkpoint ".NR}'
 
    DATA FORMATS
 	 DKVP: delimited key-value pairs (Miller default format)
diff --git a/doc/mlr.1 b/doc/mlr.1
index 779edfba3..da686034b 100644
--- a/doc/mlr.1
+++ b/doc/mlr.1
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ mlr --from estimates.tbl put '
   }
   $mean = $sum / $count # no assignment if count unset'
 mlr --from infile.dat put -f analyze.mlr
+mlr --from infile.dat put 'tee >  "./taps/data-".$a."-".$b, $*'
+mlr --from infile.dat put -q '@v=$*; dump | "jq .[]"'
+mlr --from infile.dat put  '(NR % 1000 == 0) { print > stderr, "Checkpoint ".NR}'
 .fi
 .if n \{\
 .RE
diff --git a/doc/reference.html b/doc/reference.html
index 24f2fb629..51e187ddd 100644
--- a/doc/reference.html
+++ b/doc/reference.html
@@ -336,6 +336,9 @@ Command-line-syntax examples:
   }
   $mean = $sum / $count # no assignment if count unset'
   mlr --from infile.dat put -f analyze.mlr
+  mlr --from infile.dat put 'tee &gt;  "./taps/data-".$a."-".$b, $*'
+  mlr --from infile.dat put -q '@v=$*; dump | "jq .[]"'
+  mlr --from infile.dat put  '(NR % 1000 == 0) { print &gt; stderr, "Checkpoint ".NR}'
 
 Data-format examples:
   DKVP: delimited key-value pairs (Miller default format)