hugo/content/en/commands/hugo_gen_doc.md

---
date: 2020-03-03
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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