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help2man:tldr:b3ac0
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 thehelp2man
tool. -
${executable}
: This is a placeholder for the name or path of the executable file you want to create a manual page for. For example, if you have an executable namedmy_program
, you would replace${executable}
withmy_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.