GLOW(1)

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version 2.1.2 · 6 versions
, in epel 10, fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 GLOW(1) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the glow manual page — section 1, the big leagues 💅

It's giving render markdown on the CLI, with pizzazz ✨ and honestly? No notes.

🌸 NAME 🌸

glow — render markdown on the CLI, with pizzazz! 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

glow [options...] [argument...]

That's it. That's the whole vibe. Options in, arguments in, gorgeous markdown out 🦋

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

Render markdown on the CLI, with pizzazz!

Literally the entire description. Short. Iconic. Ate. 💅

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -a, --all — show system files and directories (TUI-mode only, so don't come for me if it does nothing in the other modes)
  • --config — config file (default is just… empty. Blank. A little mystery 🫶)
  • -l, --line-numbers — show line numbers (TUI-mode only)
  • -m, --mouse — enable mouse wheel (TUI-mode only — yes bestie, the scrollies 🐭)
  • -p, --pager — display with pager
  • -n, --preserve-new-lines — preserve newlines in the output
  • -s, --style — style name or JSON path
  • -t, --tui — display with tui
  • -w, --width — word-wrap at width (set to 0 to disable 👑)

🌈 COMMANDS 🌈

🧚 completion

Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell

🐚 COMMANDS

bash

Generate the autocompletion script for bash

OPTIONS

  • --no-descriptions — disable completion descriptions

fish

Generate the autocompletion script for fish

OPTIONS

  • --no-descriptions — disable completion descriptions

powershell

Generate the autocompletion script for powershell

OPTIONS

  • --no-descriptions — disable completion descriptions

zsh

Generate the autocompletion script for zsh

OPTIONS

  • --no-descriptions — disable completion descriptions

🎀 config

Edit the glow config file

💜 EXAMPLES

glow config

glow config --config path/to/config.yml

Two examples. Both slay. Use the second one when your config lives somewhere specific, iykyk 💅

🫶 help [command]

Help about any command

heads up bestie: the -a, -l and -m flags are TUI-mode only — so if you're not in the TUI, they're just gonna sit there looking pretty and doing nothing. No cap. 🌸

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💖 this one came out under the name glow, dated 2026-04-22 — like, the source and version and date of it all, mentioned here as a lil sign-off instead of a boring footer line, because we're doing it cute 🎀

now go render something gorgeous. periodt. ✨👑💅

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