---
name: "python2-gflags2man"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python-gflags"
version: "1.5.1-5"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/python2-gflags2man"
---

# python2-gflags2man(1)

gflags2man runs a Google flags base program and generates a man page.

## NAME

python2-gflags2man - gflags2man runs a Google flags base program and generates a man page.

## SYNOPSIS

**python2-gflags2man** \[*FLAGS*\]...

## DESCRIPTION

gflags2man runs a Google flags base program and generates a man page.

Run the program, parse the output, and then format that into a man page.

Usage:\
   gflags2man \<program\> \[program\] ...

## OPTIONS

*python2-gflags2man*

- \--dest\_dir

  Directory to write resulting manpage to. Specify '-' for stdout\
  \
     (default: '/tmp')

- \-?,--\[no\]help

  show this help

- \--help\_flag

  Option to pass to target program in to get help\
  \
     (default: '--help')

- \--\[no\]helpshort

  show usage only for this module

- \--\[no\]helpxml

  like --help, but generates XML output

- \--v

  verbosity level to use for output\
  \
     (default: '0')  (an integer)

*gflags*

- \--flagfile

  Insert flag definitions from the given file into the command line.

- \--undefok

  comma-separated list of flag names that it is okay to specify on    the command line even if the program does not define a flag with that name.    IMPORTANT: flags in this list that have arguments MUST use the --flag=value    format.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2018 Google. Gflags2man created this page from "python2-gflags2man --help" output.

Gflags2man was written by Dan Christian.  Note that the date on this page is the modification date of python2-gflags2man.