txt2man ☆

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Description:
Converts flat ASCII text to man page format

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: documentation manpages text-processing unix cli

Install: brew install txt2man

About:
Txt2man is a Unix tool that converts flat ASCII text into standard troff/man page format. It allows developers to quickly generate manual pages from simple text files without learning complex roff syntax. This streamlines documentation creation for command-line tools and system utilities.

Key Features:

Simple text-to-manpage conversion
Preserves standard man page sections
Lightweight and scriptable
No complex markup required

Use Cases:

Creating man pages for custom shell scripts
Generating documentation for CLI tools
Converting README files to system documentation

Alternatives:

ronn – Markdown-based, more modern syntax but requires Ruby
pandoc – Universal document converter, heavier dependency but more versatile

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Dec 19, 2022 5:09pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	4e0bef16
Dec 19, 2022 5:09pm		0	NEW	e8fc858f