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help2man: Specify the section for the man page (defaults to 1).
$ help2man ${executable} --section ${section}
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This is a command that uses the "help2man" tool to generate a man page from the executable specified by the "${executable}" variable. The resulting man page will be placed under the specified "${section}".

The "help2man" tool is commonly used to automatically generate manual pages (man pages) from the help output of a program. Man pages provide documentation for Linux commands and can be accessed through the "man" command in the terminal.

In this specific command, the "${executable}" variable should be replaced with the actual name or path of the executable for which you want to generate the man page. The "${section}" variable should be replaced with the desired section number for the man page. The section number specifies the category of the command's documentation, such as user commands, system calls, or library functions.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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