Package: help2man (1.48.1)

[ Source: help2man  ]

Automatic manpage generator

Program to create simple man pages from the --help and --version output of other programs.

Since most GNU documentation is now in info format, this provides a way to generate a placeholder man page pointing to that resource while still providing some useful information.

Tags: Implemented in: Perl, User Interface: Command Line, Role: role::program, scope::utility, Application Suite: GNU, Purpose: Data Conversion, Supports Format: works-with-format::man, works-with::text

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  dep: libc6 (>= 2.3.4) [amd64, i386, mips64el, mipsel]

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