pod2man
Convert Perl POD documentation to man pages
TLDR
Convert POD to man page
$ pod2man [file.pod] > [file.1]
Specify section$ pod2man --section=[1] [file.pod] > [file.1]
Set name and release$ pod2man --name="[NAME]" --release="[1.0]" [file.pod] > [file.1]
SYNOPSIS
pod2man [options] [file]
DESCRIPTION
pod2man converts Perl POD (Plain Old Documentation) into Unix manual page format (nroff/troff). The output can be installed as system man pages or viewed with the man command.
The --section option sets the man page section number, --name overrides the page name, and --release adds version information. The --center option sets the centered header text. Part of the standard Perl distribution, commonly used in Perl module build systems.
PARAMETERS
FILE
Input POD file.--section N
Man page section.--name NAME
Man page name.--release VERSION
Release version string.--center TEXT
Center header text.--date DATE
Date for footer.
CAVEATS
Perl-specific format. Standard Perl utility.
HISTORY
pod2man was created for generating man pages from Perl documentation.