Command-line tool

help2man

brew/help2man

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Automatically generate simple man pages

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install help2man

Linux

brew install help2man

Generate a man page for an executable

help2man executable

Specify the "name" paragraph in the man page

help2man executable -n name

Specify the section for the man page (defaults to 1)

help2man executable -s section

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