manual(1)
π manual(1) β General Commands Manual π
okay so bestie, meet manual(1) β yes, the manual command from the General Commands Manual. she generates manual pages into a directory and honestly she ate π
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πΈ NAME πΈ
manual β Generate manual pages to a directory. no cap, that's the whole name vibe π«Ά
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
manual [-h|--help] <DIR>
like, that's literally the whole invocation, bestie π
π¦ DESCRIPTION π¦
okay so here's the tea: this command generates manual pages (following the man page format) to the given directory. it's giving βbuild me a man-page destinationβ and I'm obsessed π
if the directory does not exist, it will be created. no cap, she makes it happen β¨
any existing man pages will be overriden. yes, overriden is the word from the source β existing man pages get replaced, so maybe don't point her at your precious collection unless you're ready π
π OPTIONS π
-h,--helpβ Print help (see a summary with'-h'). lowkey iconic, highkey useful π<DIR>β Directory where man files should be generated in. this is the place she drops the man pages π
π cute sign-off: the source/version footer says manual, and the date-ish footer says manual(1) β that's literally what was printed, bestie, so we're not inventing a date π periodt. π
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixos 26.05: comodoro 0.1.2
- nixpkgs unstable: comodoro 0.1.2
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms