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.TH LICENSING "1" "March 2024" "licenseutils" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
licensing \- a program for adding license notices to files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B licensing
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR...] [\fI\,COMMAND \/\fR[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR...]]
.SH DESCRIPTION
A command\-line interface for free software licensing.
.SS "The most commonly used commands are:"
.TP
apply
Prepend the current working boilerplate to a file.
.TP
boilerplate
Show or remove the boilerplate text at the top of a file.
.TP
choose
Pick license and comment style for the working boilerplate.
.TP
copyright
Add or modify copyright notices in the working boilerplate.
.TP
detect
Statistically determine the license notice of a file.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
don't show the welcome message
.TP
\-?, \fB\-\-help\fR
give this help list
.TP
\fB\-\-usage\fR
give a short usage message
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
print program version
.PP
To see a list of all commands type `licensing help'.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <http://sv.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=licenseutils>.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B licensing
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B licensing
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info licensing
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.