help2man:tldr:b3ac0

help2man: Output to a file instead of `stdout`.

help2man

$ help2man ${executable} --output ${filename}

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This command is using the help2man tool to generate a manual page for a specified executable. Here's the breakdown of each component:

help2man: This is the command itself, which invokes the help2man tool.
${executable}: This is a placeholder for the name or path of the executable file you want to create a manual page for. For example, if you have an executable named my_program, you would replace ${executable} with my_program.
--output: This option specifies the output file where the generated manual page will be saved.
${filename}: This is a placeholder for the desired name and location of the output file. You need to replace ${filename} with the desired name and path of the file, like /path/to/manual_page. Make sure to choose a filename that ends with .1 since it is the convention for manual pages.

Overall, this command takes an executable file, generates a manual page using help2man, and saves it to the specified output file.

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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