---
name: "cmdliner"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ocaml-cmdliner"
version: "2.1.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cmdliner"
---

# cmdliner(1)

Helper tool for cmdliner based tools

## NAME

cmdliner - Helper tool for cmdliner based tools

## SYNOPSIS

**cmdliner** \[*COMMAND*\] …

## DESCRIPTION

**cmdliner** is a helper for tools using the cmdliner command line interface library. It helps with installing command line completion scripts and manpages. See the library documentation or invoke subcommands with **--help** for more details.

## COMMANDS

- **generic-completion** \[*OPTION*\]… *SHELL*

  Output generic completion scripts

- **install** *COMMAND* …

  Install support files for cmdliner tools

- **tool-commands** \[*OPTION*\]… *TOOLEXEC*

  Output all subcommands of a cmdliner tool

- **tool-completion** \[**--standalone-completion**\] \[*OPTION*\]… *SHELL* *TOOLNAME*

  Output tool completion scripts

## COMMON OPTIONS

- **--help**\[=*FMT*\] (default=**auto**)

  Show this help in format *FMT*. The value *FMT* must be one of **auto**, **pager**, **groff** or **plain**. With **auto**, the format is **pager** or **plain** whenever the **TERM** env var is **dumb** or undefined.

- **--version**

  Show version information.

## EXIT STATUS

**cmdliner** exits with:

- 0

  on success.

- 123

  on indiscriminate errors reported on standard error.

- 124

  on command line parsing errors.

- 125

  on unexpected internal errors (bugs).