---
name: "pydoc2.2"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python2.2"
version: "2.2.3dfsg-2sarge1"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pydoc2.2"
---

# pydoc2.2(1)

the Python documentation tool

## NAME

pydoc2.2 - the Python documentation tool

## SYNOPSIS

**pydoc2.2** *name*

**pydoc2.2 -k** *keyword*

**pydoc2.2 -p** *port*

**pydoc2.2 -g**

**pydoc2.2 -w** *module \[...\]*

## DESCRIPTION

**pydoc2.2** *name* shows text documentation on something. *name* may be the name of a function, module, or package, or a dotted reference to a class or function within a module or module in a package.  If *name* contains a '/', it is used as the path to a Python source file to document.

**pydoc2.2 -k** *keyword* searches for a keyword in the synopsis lines of all available modules.

**pydoc2.2 -p** *port* start an HTTP server on the given port on the local machine.

**pydoc2.2 -g** pops up a graphical interface for finding and serving documentation.

**pydoc2.2 -w** *name \[...\]* writes out the HTML documentation for a module to a file in the current directory.  If *name* contains a '/', it is treated as a filename; if it names a directory, documentation is written for all the contents.

## AUTHOR

Moshe Zadka, based on "pydoc --help"