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	|Full description='help2man' automatically generates simple manual pages from program files by reasonably rearranging standard --help and --version outputs into something that resembles a manual page. It lets developers include a manual page in their distribution without having to maintain that document.		|Full description='help2man' automatically generates simple manual pages from program files by reasonably rearranging standard --help and --version outputs into something that resembles a manual page. It lets developers include a manual page in their distribution without having to maintain that document.
	|Homepage URL=http://www.gnu.org/software/help2man		|Homepage URL=http://www.gnu.org/software/help2man
−	|Is GNU=Yes
−	|GNU package identifier=help2man
	|User level=none		|User level=none
	|Computer languages=Perl		|Computer languages=Perl
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	|Related projects=Cxref,Texinfo		|Related projects=Cxref,Texinfo
	|Keywords=help,documentation,editing,man pages,help2man		|Keywords=help,documentation,editing,man pages,help2man
−	|Version identifier=1.38.1	+	|Version identifier=1.40.12
−	|Version date=2010/04/26	+	|Version date=2012/08/24
	|Version status=stable		|Version status=stable
−	|Version download=http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/help2man/help2man-1.38.1.tar.gz	+	|Version download=http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/help2man/help2man-1.40.12.tar.gz
−	|Last review by=Janet Casey	+	|Last review by=Arca0
−	|Last review date=2003-07-22	+	|Last review date=2012/09/08
	|Submitted by=Database conversion		|Submitted by=Database conversion
	|Submitted date=2011-04-01		|Submitted date=2011-04-01
		+	|Is GNU=Yes
		+	|GNU package identifier=help2man
	|License verified date=2010-04-28		|License verified date=2010-04-28
	}}		}}
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−	|License=GPLv2orlater	+	|License=GPLv3
−	|License verified by=Kelly Hopkins	+	|License verified by=arca0
−	|License verified date=2010-04-28	+	|License verified date=2012/09/08
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Help2man

http://www.gnu.org/software/help2man
'help2man' automatically generates simple manual pages from program files by reasonably rearranging standard --help and --version outputs into something that resembles a manual page. It lets developers include a manual page in their distribution without having to maintain that document.

Documentation

User guide included

Related Projects

• Cxref
• Texinfo

This is a GNU package:help2man

Download

Download version 1.40.12 (stable)
released on 24 August 2012

Categories

• Documentation-tool:documentation-conversion
• Interface:command-line
• Text-creation:documentation-tool
• Use:text-creation
• Works-with:text

Licensing

License	Verified by	Verified on	Notes
GPLv3	arca0	8 September 2012

Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)	Role
Brendan O'Dea	Maintainer
See the THANKS file in the distribution for a complete list	Contributor

Resources and communication

Audience	Resource type	URI
Bug Tracking	E-mail	mailto:bug-help2man@gnu.org

Software prerequisites

Kind	Description
Required to use	Locale_gettext Perl module
Required to use	gettext

This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 8 September 2012.

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