CARD(1)

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version 4.15.8 · 9 versions
, in arch rolling, nixpkgs unstable

💅 CARD(1) — User Commands 🎀

okay bestie, so this is the manual for card, living over in section 1 of the User Commands girlies. pull up a chair, we're gonna get you a reference card 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

card — print a reference card of program options

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

card [OPTION]... PROGRAM...

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so basically card prints you a reference card of the PROGRAMs you hand it, and it does it thanks to their inline help. like, it reads the help that's already inside the program and turns it into a cute lil cheat sheet. iconic behavior honestly 💖

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -h, --help — shows you this help and then dips out, exit stage left. no notes 👑
  • -v, --version — spills the version info and then leaves too.
  • -o, --output=FILE — saves the output into FILE. your card, your file, your rules 🎀
  • -l, --language=LL — prints the help in the language LL (default: English). multilingual queen behavior fr fr 🌈
  • --command=CMD — does the pretty-printing on the output of CMD instead (e.g. --command='a2ps --help'). lowkey the most fun one honestly ✨

any options meant for a2ps go after --, like this bestie:

$ card -lfr a2ps -- -Pdisplay -4

news, updates and documentation: https://www.gnu.org/software/a2ps/ 🦋

🌸 AUTHOR 🌸

Written by Akim Demaille. 💜

💀 REPORTING BUGS 💀

Report bugs to <bug-a2ps@gnu.org>. be nice to them, they're doing their best 🫶

Copyright © 1997-99 Akim Demaille, Miguel Santana

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. (not a single warranty bestie, literally none, it's giving "you're on your own" but make it legal 😭)

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

a2ps(1), card(1), fixps(1), pdiff(1).

The full documentation for card is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and card programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info card

should give you access to the complete manual. yes the SEE ALSO section references card(1) itself and yes that's a little main character energy of it, we love a self-referential icon 💅

okay that's the whole thing bestie, go make some reference cards 🌟 and for the record this page is card 1.3 from GNU a2ps 4.15.7, dated December 2025, and the footer cutie is CARD(1) — mwah, slay, periodt 🎀💖

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