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python-3.15 with the python, python3 and pydoc3 commands

From python-3.15-runtime 3.15.2_git20261106-r0 (os), captured 2026-11-06 by running pydoc3 --help (exit 0). permalink

pydoc - the Python documentation tool

pydoc3 <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.

pydoc3 -k <keyword>
    Search for a keyword in the synopsis lines of all available modules.

pydoc3 -n <hostname>
    Start an HTTP server with the given hostname (default: localhost).

pydoc3 -p <port>
    Start an HTTP server on the given port on the local machine.  Port
    number 0 can be used to get an arbitrary unused port.

pydoc3 -b
    Start an HTTP server on an arbitrary unused port and open a web browser
    to interactively browse documentation.  This option can be used in
    combination with -n and/or -p.

pydoc3 -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 written for all the contents.

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