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date: 2020-03-03
title: "hugo gen man"
slug: hugo_gen_man
url: /commands/hugo_gen_man/
---
## hugo gen man
Generate man pages for the Hugo CLI
### Synopsis
This command automatically generates up-to-date man pages of Hugo's
command-line interface. By default, it creates the man page files
in the "man" directory under the current directory.
```
hugo gen man [flags]
```
### Options
```
--dir string the directory to write the man pages. (default "man/")
-h, --help help for man
```
### Options inherited from parent commands
```
--config string config file (default is path/config.yaml|json|toml)
--configDir string config dir (default "config")
--debug debug output
-e, --environment string build environment
--ignoreVendor ignores any _vendor directory
--log enable Logging
--logFile string log File path (if set, logging enabled automatically)
--quiet build in quiet mode
-s, --source string filesystem path to read files relative from
--themesDir string filesystem path to themes directory
-v, --verbose verbose output
--verboseLog verbose logging
```
### SEE ALSO
* [hugo gen](/commands/hugo_gen/) - A collection of several useful generators.
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