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/usr/bin/man-recode

The man command and related utilities for examining on-line help files

From man-db 2.13.1-r57 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running man-recode --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: man-recode [OPTION...]
            -t CODE {--suffix SUFFIX | --in-place} FILENAME...

  -d, --debug                emit debugging messages
      --in-place             overwrite input files in place
  -q, --quiet                produce fewer warnings
      --suffix=SUFFIX        suffix to append to output file name
  -t, --to-code=CODE         encoding for output
  -?, --help                 give this help list
      --usage                give a short usage message
  -V, --version              print program version

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional
for any corresponding short options.

Report bugs to cjwatson@debian.org.
Options (8)
OptionDescriptionSource
-d, --debugPrint debugging information.help + man
--in-placeOverwrite each input file with the output, after removing any compression extension.help + man
-q, --quietDo not issue error messages when the page cannot be converted.help + man
--suffix SUFFIXForm each output file name by appending suffix to the input file name, after removing any compression extension.help + man
-t, --to-code CODEConvert manual pages to encoding.help + man
-?, --help, -hPrint a help message and exit.help + man
--usagegive a short usage messagehelp
-V, --versionDisplay version information.help + man

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.