Powershell convert man page to html

Question

Im a noob with Powershell, I need help converting a specific man page into an html document

about_script

my code is: get-help about_scripts | convertto-html > scr.html

it creates an html page but it doesn't have most of the data in just the first couple of lines and a number showing how long it is.

can someone help by telling me what I'm doing wrong?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 21 '13 at 08:00

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Why reinvent the wheel? PowerShell has all the documentation online already..

You can find the help files for all the cmdlets. For 3rd party modules, documentation is usually included or available online.

answered Mar 21 '13 at 08:00

Frode F.

But for someone writing 3rd party scripts, cmdlet, modules, &c, this doesn't answer the question asked: How to convert the `Get-Help` output into HTML. – brianary Apr 11 '21 at 20:38
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The point is that you shouldn't convert existing third-party help like `about_Scripts` above to HTML - that's the job of the developer. For the developers, take a look at [platyPS](https://github.com/PowerShell/platyPS) which can create markdown that you in turn can publish or convert to HTML. – Frode F. Apr 14 '21 at 19:17

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 21 '13 at 05:01

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ConvertTo-HTML -Body "<p>$(Get-Help about_scripts)</p>" | Out-File aboutscripts.html

Start Here

answered Mar 21 '13 at 05:01

E.V.I.L.

This is not a very good answer because the formatting is so bad. – E.V.I.L. Mar 21 '13 at 05:12

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