markdown2man1
Convert a markdown document into an mdoc manual page
Usage
mkd2man [-h]
[-d
date]
[-s
section]
[-t
title]
[file]
Overview
mkd2man utility reads file and generates mdoc(7) input from markdown source. If unspecified, file is taken to be standard input.
The options are as follows:
-
-d, --date -
set the document date (‘Dd’) to date( preferrably in "Month Day, Year" format). If unspecified,
mkd2manuses the file modification date or current date if reading is from standard input or if stat(2) fails. -
-h, --help -
display help text.
-
-s, --section -
set the document section (‘Dt’) to section. If unspecified,
mkd2manuses 1. -
-t, --title -
set the document title (‘Dt’) to title. If unspecified,
mkd2manuses the suffix-stripped filename part of file. When reading is from stdin the title must be specified.
Exit status
The mkd2man utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
Releases
Unchanged in 5 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch).