#!/bin/bash src_dir=$1 shift man1_path=$1 shift echo "Creating Man Pages from $src_dir to $man1_path" mkdir -p "$man1_path" # Perl Binaries find $src_dir -name "*.pl" | grep -v -e '\#' -e '~' |\ while read src_fn ; do filename="`basename $src_fn`" filename=${filename%.pl} # extract manpage from perl program man1_fn="$man1_path/${filename}.1" if perldoc "$src_fn" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then echo "Create Man Page '$man1_fn' from pod '$src_fn'" pod2man $src_fn >"$man1_fn" else if grep -q -e "--man" "$src_fn"; then echo "Create Man Page '$man1_fn' with '$src_fn' --man" perl $src_fn --man >"$man1_fn" else if grep -q -e "--help" "$src_fn"; then echo "Create Man Page '$man1_fn' with '$src_fn' --help" perl $src_fn --help >"$man1_fn" else echo "No idea how to create Man Page for $src_fn" fi fi fi done