---
name: "lincredits"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "lincredits"
version: "0.9"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lincredits"
---

# lincredits(1)

generate beautified versions of the Linux CREDITS and MAINTAINERS files

## NAME

lincredits - generate beautified versions of the Linux CREDITS and MAINTAINERS files

## SYNOPSIS

**lincredits** *\[options\] CREDITS-file*

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page briefly documents the **lincredits** command.

**lincredits** is a program that beautifes the Linux CREDITS and MAINTAINERS files into one of three supported formats: plain text, LaTeX and HTML.  You must specify the path of a valid CREDITS or MAINTAINERS file (usually /usr/src/linux/CREDITS) to be formatted.

## OPTIONS

The programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-'). A summary of options are included below.

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-o, --output \<filename\>**

  Send output to the specified files, instead of standard output.

- **--text**

  Format the output as plain text (default).

- **--latex**

  Format the output as LaTeX.

- **--html**

  Format the output as HTML.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Chris Lawrence \<lawrencc@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).