https://github.com/vroncevic/gen_man

Generate man page
https://github.com/vroncevic/gen_man

bash documentation generator linux macos man-page manual-deployment qnx shell unix

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Generate man page

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/vroncevic/gen_man
• Owner: vroncevic
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2016-12-17T11:08:38.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-06-14T18:26:26.000Z (11 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-28T21:47:00.239Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: bash, documentation, generator, linux, macos, man-page, manual-deployment, qnx, shell, unix
• Language: Shell
• Homepage: https://vroncevic.github.io/gen_man
• Size: 6.62 MB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# Generate Man Page



**gen_man** is shell tool for generating man pages.

Developed in **[bash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash_(Unix_shell))** code: **100%**.

[![gen_man_shell_checker](https://github.com/vroncevic/gen_man/actions/workflows/gen_man_shell_checker.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/vroncevic/gen_man/actions/workflows/gen_man_shell_checker.yml)

The README is used to introduce the tool and provide instructions on

how to install the tool, any machine dependencies it may have and any

other information that should be provided before the tool is installed.

[![GitHub issues open](https://img.shields.io/github/issues/vroncevic/gen_man.svg)](https://github.com/vroncevic/gen_man/issues) [![GitHub contributors](https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/vroncevic/gen_man.svg)](https://github.com/vroncevic/gen_man/graphs/contributors)

**Table of Contents**

- [Installation](#installation)

- [Usage](#usage)

- [Dependencies](#dependencies)

- [Shell tool structure](#shell-tool-structure)

- [Docs](#docs)

- [Copyright and licence](#copyright-and-licence)

### Installation

Navigate to release **[page](https://github.com/vroncevic/gen_man/releases)** download and extract release archive.

To install **gen_man** type the following:

```bash

tar xvzf gen_man-x.y.tar.gz

cd gen_man-x.y

cp -R ~/sh_tool/bin/   /root/scripts/gen_man/ver.x.y/

cp -R ~/sh_tool/conf/  /root/scripts/gen_man/ver.x.y/

cp -R ~/sh_tool/log/   /root/scripts/gen_man/ver.x.y/

```

![alt tag](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vroncevic/gen_man/dev/docs/setup_tree.png)

Or You can use docker to create image/container.

### Usage

```bash

# Create symlink for shell tool

ln -s /root/scripts/gen_man/ver.x.y/bin/gen_man.sh /root/bin/gen_man

# Setting PATH

export PATH=${PATH}:/root/bin/

# Generating man

gen_man SimpleTest

```

### Dependencies

**gen_man** requires next modules and libraries:

* sh_util [https://github.com/vroncevic/sh_util](https://github.com/vroncevic/sh_util)

### Shell tool structure

**gen_man** is based on MOP.

Code structure

```bash

sh_tool/

├── bin/

│   ├── create_man.sh

│   ├── gen_man.sh

│   └── install_man.sh

├── conf/

│   ├── gen_man.cfg

│   ├── gen_man_util.cfg

│   └── template/

│       └── man.template

└── log/

    └── gen_man.log

```

### Docs

[![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/gen_man/badge/?version=latest)](https://gen-man.readthedocs.io/projects/gen_man/en/latest/?badge=latest)

More documentation and info at:

* [https://gen_man.readthedocs.io/en/latest/](https://gen-man.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)

* [https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/)

* [https://www.man7.org/linux](https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/man-pages.7.html)

### Copyright and licence

[![License: GPL v3](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPLv3-blue.svg)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0) [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%202.0-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0)

Copyright (C) 2017 - 2024 by [vroncevic.github.io/gen_man](https://vroncevic.github.io/gen_man)

**gen_man** is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify

it under the same terms as Bash itself, either Bash version 4.2.47 or,

at your option, any later version of Bash 4 you may have available.

Lets help and support FSF.

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