ASCIIDOC(1)

NAME
asciidoc - converts an AsciiDoc text file to HTML or DocBook

SYNOPSIS

asciidoc [OPTIONS] FILE

DESCRIPTION

The asciidoc(1) command translates the AsciiDoc text file FILE to DocBook or HTML. If FILE is - then the standard input is used.

OPTIONS

-a, --attribute=ATTRIBUTE
    Define or delete document attribute. ATTRIBUTE is formatted like NAME=VALUE. Command-line attributes take precedence over document and configuration file attributes. Alternate acceptable forms are NAME (the VALUE defaults to an empty string); NAME! (delete the NAME attribute); NAME=VALUE@ (do not override document or configuration file attributes). Values containing spaces should be enclosed in double-quote characters. This option may be specified more than once. A special attribute named trace controls the output of diagnostic information.

-b, --backend=BACKEND
    Backend output file format: docbook45, xhtml11, html4, wordpress or latex (the latex backend is experimental). You can also the backend alias names html (aliased to xhtml11) or docbook (aliased to docbook45). Defaults to html.

-f, --conf-file=CONF_FILE
    Use configuration file CONF_FILE.Configuration files processed in command-line order (after implicit configuration files). This option may be specified more than once.

--doctest
    Run Python doctests in asciidoc module.

-d, --doctype=DOCTYPE
    Document type: article, manpage or book. The book document type is only supported by the docbook backend. Default document type is article.

-c, --dump-conf
    Dump configuration to stdout.

--filter
    Manage asciidoc(1) filters (see FILTER COMMANDS).

-h, --help [TOPIC]
    Print help TOPIC. --help topics will print a list of help topics, --help syntax summarizes AsciiDoc syntax, --help manpage prints the AsciiDoc manpage.

-e, --no-conf
    Exclude implicitly loaded configuration files except for those named like the input file (infile.conf and infile-backend.conf).

-s, --no-header-footer
    Suppress document header and footer output.

-o, --out-file=OUT_FILE
    Write output to file OUT_FILE. Defaults to the base name of input file with backend extension. If the input is stdin then the outfile defaults to stdout. If OUT_FILE is - then the standard output is used.

-n, --section-numbers
    Auto-number HTML article section titles. Synonym for -a numbered.

--safe
    Enable safe mode. Safe mode is disabled by default. AsciiDoc safe mode skips potentially dangerous scripted sections in AsciiDoc source files.

-v, --verbose
    Verbosely print processing information and configuration file checks to stderr.

--version
    Print program version number.

FILTER COMMANDS

The --filter option is used to install, remove and list AsciiDoc filter plugins. Filter commands syntax:

    asciidoc --filter install ZIP_FILE [FILTERS_DIR]
    asciidoc --filter remove FILTER_NAME [FILTERS_DIR]
    asciidoc --filter list

Where:

FILTER_NAME
    A unique filter name containing only alphanumeric or underscore characters.

ZIP_FILE
    A Zip file containing filter resources, the name must start with the filter name e.g. my_filter-1.0.zip packages filter my_filter.

FILTERS_DIR
    The directory containing installed filters. Each filter is contained in its own separate subdirectory which has the same name as the filter. FILTERS_DIR defaults to the .asciidoc/filters directory in the user’s home directory.

The filter commands perform as follows:

install
    Create a subdirectory in FILTERS_DIR with the same name as the filter then extract the ZIP_FILE into it.

remove
    Delete the FILTER_NAME filter subdirectory and all its contents from the FILTERS_DIR.

list
    List the names and locations of all installed filters (including standard filters installed in the global configuration directory).

EXIT STATUS

0
    Success

1
    Failure (syntax or usage error; configuration error; document processing failure; unexpected error).

BUGS

See the AsciiDoc distribution BUGS file.

AUTHOR

AsciiDoc was originally written by Stuart Rackham. Many people have contributed to it.

RESOURCES

SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/asciidoc/

Main web site: http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/

COPYING

Copyright (C) 2002-2011 Stuart Rackham. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).