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NAME

6       hugo - hugo builds your site
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SYNOPSIS

11       hugo [flags]
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DESCRIPTION

16       hugo is the main command, used to build your Hugo site.
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19       Hugo  is  a  Fast and Flexible Static Site Generator built with love by
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23       Complete documentation is available at https://gohugo.io/.
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OPTIONS

28       -b,  --baseURL=""       hostname  (and  path)   to   the   root,   e.g.
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SEE ALSO

171       hugo-completion(1),  hugo-config(1),  hugo-convert(1),  hugo-deploy(1),
172       hugo-env(1), hugo-gen(1),  hugo-import(1),  hugo-list(1),  hugo-mod(1),
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177Hugo 0.98.0                        Jul 2022                            HUGO(1)