/help

Display help information for ollama-deepseek-ocr-tool, a CLI tool for batch OCR processing using DeepSeek-OCR via Ollama. Converts image sequences to markdown documents.

Usage

# Show full help with examples and troubleshooting
ollama-deepseek-ocr-tool --help

# Show version
ollama-deepseek-ocr-tool --version

Options

• --help / -h: Show help with examples, prerequisites, and troubleshooting
• --version: Show version number
• -v, -vv, -vvv: Verbosity levels (INFO, DEBUG, TRACE)

Examples

# Get help (shows progressive examples)
ollama-deepseek-ocr-tool --help

# Check version
ollama-deepseek-ocr-tool --version

# Basic usage (from help)
ollama-deepseek-ocr-tool "*.png" output.md

# With verbose logging
ollama-deepseek-ocr-tool "*.png" output.md -vv

What Help Shows

The --help output includes:

• Description: What the tool does
• Arguments: GLOB_PATTERN and OUTPUT_FILE
• Examples: Progressive from simple to complex
• Output Format: How the markdown is structured
• Prerequisites: Ollama setup steps
• Troubleshooting: Common errors and solutions

Quick Start

# 1. Install prerequisites
brew install ollama
ollama serve
ollama pull deepseek-ocr

# 2. Process images
ollama-deepseek-ocr-tool "IMG_*.png" chapter.md