Reference: pod2man
Author: Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour & Nathan Patwardhan
Date: 1999-07-02T01:33:17Z

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| Chapter 4 The Perl Language |

## pod2man

    pod2man [options] inputfile

Translates pod directives in file inputfile to Unix manpage format. Converts pod-tagged text to nroff source that can be viewed by the man command, or troff for typesetting.

### Options

--center=string

  Sets centered header to string. Defaults to "User Contributed Perl Documentation" unless -\-official flag is set, in which case it defaults to "Perl Programmers Reference Guide."

--date=string

  Sets left-hand footer string to date.

--fixed=font

  Specifies the fixed-width font to use for code examples.

--lax

  If set, ignores missing sections.

--official

  If set, uses default header as shown for -\-center above.

--release=rel

  Sets centered footer. Defaults to current Perl release.

--section=manext

  Sets manpage section for nroff .TH macro. Default is 3 (functions) if filename ends in .pm, otherwise 1 (user commands).

Reference: pod2latex |  | Reference: pod2text