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NAME

     pydoc -- the Python documentation tool

SYNOPSIS

     pydoc name
     pydoc -k keyword
     pydoc -p port
     pydoc -g
     pydoc -w module ...
     pydoc --help

DESCRIPTION

     pydoc shows text documentation on something related to python(1).	The name argument 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.

OPTIONS

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

     -p port	    Start an HTTP server on the given port on the local machine.

     -g 	    Pop up a graphical interface for finding and serving documentation.

     -w module ...  Write out the HTML documentation for a module to a file in the current directory.  If module contains a '/', it is treated as
		    a filename; if it names a directory, documentation is written for all the contents.

     --help	    Prints out a help message.

AUTHOR

     Moshe Zadka, based on "pydoc --help"

SEE ALSO

     python(1)

								   Dec 19, 2003