Man Page to HTML Converter - Unix Documentation Tool

Convert Unix man pages to HTML with groff formatting, sections, and code examples. Perfect for DevOps docs, system administration, CLI tool documentation.

Note: First conversion initializes Pandoc WebAssembly (~55MB). Subsequent conversions are instant.

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Accepts .man, .1-.8, .txt files

Man Page Input

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Common Man Page Macros

Macro	Description	Example
`.TH`	Title header (name, section, date, version, manual)	.TH GREP 1 "2025-01-01" "GNU Grep 3.0"
`.SH`	Section heading (NAME, SYNOPSIS, DESCRIPTION, etc.)	.SH NAME
`.SS`	Subsection heading	.SS Advanced Options
`.B`	Bold text	.B \-\-verbose
`.I`	Italic text	.I filename
`.TP`	Tagged paragraph (option + description)	.TP followed by option and description
`.IP`	Indented paragraph	.IP "•" 4
`.BR`	Bold then roman (alternating)	.BR ls (1)
`.nf/.fi`	No-fill mode (literal text) / fill mode	.nf for code blocks, .fi to resume
`.RS/.RE`	Relative start/end (indent)	.RS 4 (indent 4 spaces)

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Frequently Asked Questions

Man pages (manual pages) are the standard documentation format in Unix and Linux systems. They document commands, system calls, library functions, and file formats using the troff/groff markup language. They're accessed via the 'man' command in terminals.

Common macros including .TH (title header), .SH (section header), .SS (subsection), .B (bold), .I (italic), .TP (tagged paragraph), .IP (indented paragraph), .BR (bold/roman), .BI (bold/italic), and .PP (paragraph break).

Section 1: User commands, Section 2: System calls, Section 3: Library functions, Section 4: Device files, Section 5: File formats, Section 6: Games, Section 7: Miscellaneous, Section 8: System administration. The section number appears in the .TH macro.

The converter parses groff man macros and converts them to semantic HTML. Bold text becomes , italic becomes , sections become headings, and indented paragraphs maintain proper structure with definition lists and nested elements.

Yes. You can extract man page source with 'man -Tutf8 command | col -b' or find raw files in /usr/share/man/. Paste the content or upload the file to convert it to web-friendly HTML.

Yes. All conversion happens locally in your browser using WebAssembly. Your man pages never leave your device and are not uploaded to any server. Perfect for internal documentation.

HTML versions are easier to share with team members, can be hosted on intranets, support better search indexing, work across platforms, enable linking to specific sections, and provide better mobile accessibility than terminal viewers.

Man format uses macros like .TH, .SH, .TP and is more common on Linux systems. Mdoc format (not covered here) uses semantic macros like .Dd, .Dt, .Os and is preferred on BSD systems. This tool focuses on traditional man format.

Yes. Use .nf (no-fill mode) to start literal text blocks and .fi (fill mode) to end them. Code examples are typically indented with .RS (relative start) and .RE (relative end) macros for proper visual formatting.

References to other man pages use the format 'command(section)', like ls(1) or printf(3). The converter preserves these references and can optionally turn them into links if you're building a documentation system.

Common Man Page Macros

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