---
name: "ducktype"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ducktype"
version: "1.0.2-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ducktype"
---

# ducktype(1)

convert Mallard Ducktype to Mallard XML

## NAME

ducktype - convert Mallard Ducktype to Mallard XML

## SYNOPSIS

**ducktype** \[**--output**=*OUTPUT*\|**-o** *OUTPUT*\] *INPUT* ...

## DESCRIPTION

The [**ducktype**(1)](/ducktype/1.md) tool converts Mallard Ducktype, a lightweight markup language for topic-oriented help, into Mallard XML.

## OPTIONS

- **--output=***OUTPUT*, **-o** *OUTPUT*

  Set the output file or directory name. The default is to take each input pathname, remove any **.duck** suffix and append **.page**. If there is exactly one input file, *OUTPUT* may be a filename. Otherwise, *OUTPUT* must be a directory name, and files will be created in that directory instead of in the same directory as the input.

## SEE ALSO

**yelp-build**(1), **yelp-check**(1), **yelp-new**(1) (if they had man pages, which at the time of writing they do not).

http://projectmallard.org/

## AUTHOR

Ducktype was written by Shaun McCance. This manual page was written by Simon McVittie for the Debian project (but may be used by others).