SYNOPSIS
asciidoc -b backend [ -d doctype ] [ -a attribute ]
[ -e ] [-n] [ -s ] [ -f configfile ] [ -o outfile ]
[ --help | -h ] [ --version ] [ -v ] [ -c ]
infile
DESCRIPTION
The asciidoc(1) command translates the AsciiDoc text file infile to the
backend formatted file outfile. If infile is - then the standard
input is used.
OPTIONS
-
--help, -h
-
Print help. --help topics will print a list of help topics.
-
-a attribute
-
Define or delete document attribute. attribute is formatted
like name=value. Alternate acceptable forms are name (the
value defaults to an empty string) and name! (delete the
name attribute). Values containing spaces should be enclosed
in double quote characters.
-
-b backend
-
Backend output file format: docbook, xhtml11 or html4.
-
-c
-
Dump configuration to stdout.
-
-e
-
Exclude implicitly loaded configuration files except for those
named like the input file (infile.conf and
infile-backend.conf).
-
-d doctype
-
Document type: article, manpage or book. The book
document type is only supported by the docbook backend.
Default document type is article.
-
-f configfile
-
Use configuration file configfile.
-
-n
-
Auto-number HTML article section titles.
Synonym for -a numbered.
-
-o outfile
-
Write output to file outfile. Defaults to the base name of
input file with backend extension. If the input is stdin
then the outfile defaults to stdout. If outfile is - then
the standard output is used.
-
-s
-
Suppress document header and footer output.
-
-v
-
Verbosely print processing information and configuration file
checks to stderr.
-
--version
-
Print program version number.
BUGS
See the AsciiDoc distribution BUGS file.
AUTHOR
Written by Stuart Rackham, <srackham@methods.co.nz>
RESOURCES
COPYING
Copyright © 2002-2005 Stuart Rackham. Free use of this software is
granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).