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date: 2019-07-31
title: "hugo gen doc"
slug: hugo_gen_doc
url: /commands/hugo_gen_doc/
---
## hugo gen doc
Generate Markdown documentation for the Hugo CLI.
### Synopsis
Generate Markdown documentation for the Hugo CLI.
This command is, mostly, used to create up-to-date documentation
of Hugo's command-line interface for https://gohugo.io/.
It creates one Markdown file per command with front matter suitable
for rendering in Hugo.
```
hugo gen doc [flags]
```
### Options
```
--dir string the directory to write the doc. (default "/tmp/hugodoc/")
-h, --help help for doc
```
### 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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