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PYDOC(1)                  BSD General Commands Manual                 PYDOC(1)


NAME

     pydoc -- the Python documentation tool


SYNOPSIS

     pydoc name
     pydoc -k keyword
     pydoc -p port
     pydoc -g
     pydoc -w module ...
     pydoc --help


DESCRIPTION

     pydoc shows text documentation on something related to python(1).  The
     name argument may be the name of a Python keyword, topic, function, mod-
     ule, 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', 'top-
     ics', or 'modules', a listing of these things is displayed.


OPTIONS

     -k keyword     Search for a keyword in the synopsis lines of all avail-
                    able modules.

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

     -g             Pop up a graphical interface for finding and serving docu-
                    mentation.

     -w module ...  Write out the HTML documentation for a module to a file in
                    the current directory.  If module contains a '/', it is
                    treated as a filename; if it names a directory, documenta-
                    tion is written for all the contents.

     --help         Prints out a help message.


AUTHOR

     Moshe Zadka, based on "pydoc --help"


SEE ALSO

     python(1)

                                 Dec 19, 2003

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