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.TH "PUPPET\-MAN" "8" "May 2015" "Puppet Labs, LLC" "Puppet manual"
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.SH "NAME"
\fBpuppet\-man\fR \- Display Puppet manual pages\.
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
puppet man \fIaction\fR
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
This subcommand displays manual pages for all Puppet subcommands\. If the \fBronn\fR gem (\fIhttps://github\.com/rtomayko/ronn/\fR) is installed on your system, puppet man will display fully\-formated man pages\. If \fBronn\fR is not available, puppet man will display the raw (but human\-readable) source text in a pager\.
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.SH "OPTIONS"
Note that any setting that\'s valid in the configuration file is also a valid long argument, although it may or may not be relevant to the present action\. For example, \fBserver\fR and \fBrun_mode\fR are valid settings, so you can specify \fB\-\-server <servername>\fR, or \fB\-\-run_mode <runmode>\fR as an argument\.
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.P
See the configuration file documentation at \fIhttp://docs\.puppetlabs\.com/references/stable/configuration\.html\fR for the full list of acceptable parameters\. A commented list of all configuration options can also be generated by running puppet with \fB\-\-genconfig\fR\.
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.TP
\-\-render\-as FORMAT
The format in which to render output\. The most common formats are \fBjson\fR, \fBs\fR (string), \fByaml\fR, and \fBconsole\fR, but other options such as \fBdot\fR are sometimes available\.
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.TP
\-\-verbose
Whether to log verbosely\.
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.TP
\-\-debug
Whether to log debug information\.
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.SH "ACTIONS"
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.TP
\fBman\fR \- Display the manual page for a Puppet subcommand\.
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
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.IP
puppet man \fIsubcommand\fR
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.IP
\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
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.IP
Display the manual page for a Puppet subcommand\.
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.IP
\fBRETURNS\fR
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.IP
The man data, in Markdown format, suitable for consumption by Ronn\.
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.IP
RENDERING ISSUES: To skip fancy formatting and output the raw Markdown text (e\.g\. for use in a pipeline), call this action with \'\-\-render\-as s\'\.
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.SH "EXAMPLES"
\fBman\fR
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.P
View the manual page for a subcommand:
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.P
$ puppet man facts
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.SH "NOTES"
The pager used for display will be the first found of \fB$MANPAGER\fR, \fB$PAGER\fR, \fBless\fR, \fBmost\fR, or \fBmore\fR\.
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.SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
Copyright 2011 by Puppet Labs Apache 2 license; see COPYING