PYDOC2.7(1) General Commands Manual PYDOC2.7(1)
NAME
pydoc2.7 - the Python documentation tool
SYNOPSIS
pydoc2.7 name
pydoc2.7 -k keyword
pydoc2.7 -p port
pydoc2.7 -g
pydoc2.7 -w module [...]
DESCRIPTION
pydoc2.7 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.
pydoc2.7 -k keyword Search for a keyword in the synopsis lines of all
available modules.
pydoc2.7 -p port Start an HTTP server on the given port on the local
machine.
pydoc2.7 -g Pop up a graphical interface for finding and serving docu-
mentation.
pydoc2.7 -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 writ-
ten for all the contents.
AUTHOR
Moshe Zadka, based on "pydoc --help"
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