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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