help2man

Produce simple man pages from an executable's --help and --version output.

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• Generate a man page for an executable:

help2man {executable}

• Specify the "name" paragraph in the man page:

help2man {executable} --name {name}

• Specify the section for the man page (defaults to 1):

help2man {executable} --section {section}

• Output to a file instead of stdout:

help2man {executable} --output {path/to/file}

• Display detailed help:

help2man --help

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