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nself man

Generate man pages for all nself commands.

Synopsis

nself man [flags]

Description

nself man generates groff/troff man pages (section 1) for every command in the nSelf CLI tree and writes them to a local directory. By default the output directory is ./man/ relative to the current working directory. Pass --output to write to a different path.

The command walks the full Cobra command tree, including subcommands, and produces one .1 file per command. Hidden commands are skipped. Each page follows the standard man page format: NAME, SYNOPSIS, DESCRIPTION, OPTIONS, and SEE ALSO. The SEE ALSO section links to the parent command's man page; top-level commands link to nself(1).

File names use the hyphen-joined command path: nself-plugin-install.1, nself-ai-studio-bridge.1, and so on. The output directory is created if it does not exist.

After generation, copy the pages to your system's man path and rebuild the man database:

sudo cp man/*.1 /usr/local/share/man/man1/
mandb

Man pages are generated from live command metadata, so they reflect the exact flags, descriptions, and usage lines compiled into the current binary.

Flags

Flag	Short	Type	Default	Description
--output	-o	string	man	Directory to write man pages into

Examples

# Generate man pages into ./man/
nself man

# Write to a custom directory
nself man --output /tmp/nself-man

# Write directly to the system man path (requires write permission)
nself man --output /usr/local/share/man/man1

# Generate and install in one step
nself man && sudo cp man/*.1 /usr/local/share/man/man1/ && mandb

# Verify a specific page was written
nself man --output ./out && ls ./out/ | grep nself-build

# Use a short flag for output directory
nself man -o /usr/share/man/man1

See Also

• cmd-build — command whose man page is generated as nself-build.1
• cmd-plugin — command whose man page is generated as nself-plugin.1
• cmd-doctor — command whose man page is generated as nself-doctor.1
• cmd-completion — generate shell completions (complements man pages)

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