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groff:tldr:fd250
groff: Render a man page into an HTML file.
$ groff -man -T html ${path-to-manpage-1} > ${path-to-manpage-html}
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This command is using the groff utility to convert a manpage (formatted manual page) file into HTML format.
groff
is a text formatting utility that is commonly used to format and typeset documents such as manuals, books, and papers.-man
is an option that specifies the input file format as a manpage.-T html
is an option that specifies the output file format as HTML.${path-to-manpage-1}
is the placeholder for the path to the input manpage file. You would need to replace it with the actual path to the manpage file you want to convert.>
is the output redirection operator that redirects the converted HTML output to a file specified by${path-to-manpage-html}
. You would need to replace it with the desired path and filename for the output HTML file.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
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