[doc] elaborated on subcommands in readme

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 ** Basic Idea 
 
  You post to threadcat using =cat= or =echo=.  Here is an example:
+#+begin_src shell 
+
+cat <<EOF | threadcat write SomeThread
+   
+Here is a message! 
+It can be multiline!
+ 
+EOF 
+#+end_src
 
- :  cat <<EOF | threadcat write SomeThread
- :  
- : Here is a message! 
- : It can be multiline!
- :
- : EOF 
 
- Or you can post a short message with =echo=:
+Or you can post a short message with =echo=:
 
- : echo Just saying Hey | threadcat write SomeOtherThread 
+#+begin_src shell
+echo Just saying Hey | threadcat write SomeOtherThread 
+#+end_src
 
- You can the list and read messages with 
+For longer messages, you can of course use a text editor of choice to
+compose it, save it as a file, then at it that way:
 
- : threadcat list 
+#+begin_src shell
 
- and read them with
+cat my-long-post.txt | threadcat write SomeThread
 
- : threadcat read SomeThread 
+#+end_src
+
+You can the list and search for threads with
+
+#+begin_src shell
+threadcat list                     # just lists all the threads, newest first
+threadcat list | grep -i emacs     # lists threads whose names mention emacs
+#+end_src
 
- both of which print to standard out.
+And you can read a particular thread by doing:
+
+#+begin_src shell
+threadcat read SomeThread 
+#+end_src
+
+This prints to the standard output. You can pipe it to =less= or
+=head= or =tail= if you want to.
+
+#+begin_src shell
+
+threacat read SomeThread | less         # read the whole thread 
+threacat read SomeThread | tail -n 50   # read last 50 lines
+threacat read SomeThread | head -n 30   # readd first 30 lines  
+#+end_src
 
 See this [[https://asciinema.org/a/dyRz4AnQWKGsZe0A96oAnUP3O][screencast]] for basic use. (Also, let me know if the video
 isn't there any more, I just posted it to asciinema and have no idea