POD2USAGE(1)

NAME
pod2usage - print usage messages from embedded pod docs in files

SYNOPSIS

pod2usage
    [-help] [-man] [-exit exitval] [-output outfile] [-verbose level] [-pathlist dirlist] file

OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS

-help
    Print a brief help message and exit.

-man
    Print this command's manual page and exit.

-exit exitval
    The exit status value to return.

-output outfile
    The output file to print to. If the special names "-" or ">&1" or ">&STDOUT" are used then standard output is used. If ">&2" or ">&STDERR" is used then standard error is used.

-verbose level
    The desired level of verbosity to use:

        1 : print SYNOPSIS only
        2 : print SYNOPSIS sections and any OPTIONS/ARGUMENTS sections
        3 : print the entire manpage (similar to running pod2text)

-pathlist dirlist
    Specifies one or more directories to search for the input file if it was not supplied with an absolute path. Each directory path in the given list should be separated by a ':' on Unix (';' on MSWin32 and DOS).

file
    The pathname of a file containing pod documentation to be output in usage mesage format (defaults to standard input).

DESCRIPTION
pod2usage will read the given input file looking for pod documentation and will print the corresponding usage message. If no input file is specifed than standard input is read.

pod2usage invokes the pod2usage() function in the Pod::Usage module. Please see "pod2usage()" in Pod::Usage.

SEE ALSO
Pod::Usage, pod2text(1)

AUTHOR
Brad Appleton <bradapp@enteract.com>

Based on code for pod2text(1) written by Tom Christiansen <tchrist@mox.perl.com>