Start with a man page
Pass a command name or local man page file to manpdf. Its interface also accepts input from standard input.
A command-line project for UNIX documentation
ManPDF
Read Man Pages On PDF Right From Your Terminal
Turn local UNIX man pages into PDFs and open them in your preferred viewer. ManPDF is a Bash-based tool built around the familiar man workflow, with Groff handling PDF generation on Linux and macOS.
This page describes the open-source project from its public repository. Check the source for current requirements and changes.
terminal · manpdf
$ manpdf ls
Generate and open a PDF from a local man page.
$ manweb systemd --pdf
Open a retrieved man page in PDF format.
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THE WORKFLOW
Manual pages, a different way.
Keep the terminal as your starting point and use a PDF viewer when a paginated document is easier to read or save.
Generate a PDF
The project uses the UNIX manual-page toolchain, including Groff, to render the source as a PDF document.
Open or save it
Open the result in your PDF viewer, or use the output option to save a file without opening it.
FROM THE PROJECT REPOSITORY
Install from source.
The repository documents a simple make installation that places the manpdf and manweb scripts in /usr/local/bin by default. Review its files before installing software on your system.
Listed requirements include a man implementation, groff, curl, gzip and a PDF viewer command such as open or xdg-open.
InstallBash
$ git clone https://github.com/sebastiancarlos/manpdf
$ cd manpdf
$ make
# Example after installation
$ manpdf lsOPEN SOURCE
Explore the original project.
Find the implementation, usage options, requirements and MIT license in the public GitHub repository.