---
name: "pydoc2.4"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python2.4"
version: "2.4.6-1+lenny1"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pydoc2.4"
---

# pydoc2.4(1)

the Python documentation tool

## NAME

pydoc2.4 - the Python documentation tool

## SYNOPSIS

**pydoc2.4** *name*

**pydoc2.4 -k** *keyword*

**pydoc2.4 -p** *port*

**pydoc2.4 -g**

**pydoc2.4 -w** *module \[...\]*

## DESCRIPTION

**pydoc2.4** *name* Show text documentation on something. *name* may be the name of a Python keyword, topic, 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. If name is 'keywords', 'topics', or 'modules', a listing of these things is displayed.

**pydoc2.4 -k** *keyword* Search for a keyword in the synopsis lines of all available modules.

**pydoc2.4 -p** *port* Start an HTTP server on the given port on the local machine.

**pydoc2.4 -g** Pop up a graphical interface for finding and serving documentation.

**pydoc2.4 -w** *name \[...\]* Write 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"