SYNOPSIS

asciidoctor [OPTION]... FILE...

DESCRIPTION

The asciidoctor(1) command converts the AsciiDoc source file(s) FILE to HTML 5, DocBook 4.5, DocBook 5.0 and other custom output formats.

If FILE is - then the AsciiDoc source is read from standard input.

OPTIONS

Security Settings

-B, --base-dir=DIR

Base directory containing the document and resources. Defaults to the directory containing the source file, or the working directory if the source is read from a stream. Can be used as a way to chroot the execution of the program.

-S, --safe-mode=SAFE_MODE

Set safe mode level: unsafe, safe, server or secure. Disables potentially dangerous macros in source files, such as include::[]. If not set, the safe mode level defaults to unsafe when Asciidoctor is invoked using this script.

--safe

Set safe mode level to safe. Enables include macros, but restricts access to ancestor paths of source file. Provided for compatibility with the asciidoc command. If not set, the safe mode level defaults to unsafe when Asciidoctor is invoked using this script.

Document Settings

-a, --attribute=ATTRIBUTE

Define, override or delete a document attribute. Command-line attributes take precedence over attributes defined in the source file.

ATTRIBUTE is normally formatted as a key-value pair, in the form NAME=VALUE. Alternate acceptable forms are NAME (where the VALUE defaults to an empty string), NAME! (unassigns the NAME attribute) and NAME=VALUE@ (where VALUE does not override value of NAME attribute if it\(cqs already defined in the source document). Values containing spaces should be enclosed in quotes.

This option may be specified more than once.

-b, --backend=BACKEND

Backend output file format: html5, docbook45 and docbook5 supported out of the box. You can also use the backend alias names html (aliased to html5) or docbook (aliased to docbook45). Defaults to html5. Other options can be passed, but if Asciidoctor cannot find the backend, it will fail during rendering.

-d, --doctype=DOCTYPE

Document type: article, book, manpage or inline. Sets the root element when using the docbook backend and the style class on the HTML body element when using the html backend. The book document type allows multiple level-0 section titles in a single document. The manpage document type enables parsing of metadata necessary to produce a manpage. The inline document type allows the content of a single paragraph to be formatted and returned without wrapping it in a containing element. Defaults to article.

Rendering Control

-C, --compact

Compact the output by removing blank lines. Not enabled by default.

-D, --destination-dir=DIR

Destination output directory. Defaults to the directory containing the source file, or the working directory if the source is read from a stream. If specified, the directory is resolved relative to the working directory.

-E, --template-engine=NAME

Template engine to use for the custom render templates. The gem with the same name as the engine will be loaded automatically. This name is also used to build the full path to the custom templates.

-e, --eruby

Specifies the eRuby implementation to use for rendering the built-in templates. Supported values are erb and erubis. Defaults to erb.

-n, --section-numbers

Auto-number section titles. Synonym for --attribute numbered.

-o, --out-file=OUT_FILE

Write output to file OUT_FILE. Defaults to the base name of the input file suffixed with backend extension. If the input is read from standard input, then the output file defaults to stdout. If OUT_FILE is - then the standard output is also used. If specified, the file is resolved relative to the working directory.

-s, --no-header-footer

Suppress the document header and footer in the output.

-T, --template-dir=DIR

A directory containing custom render templates that override one or more templates from the built-in set. (requires tilt gem)

If there is a subfolder that matches the engine name (if specified), that folder is appended to the template directory path. Similarly, if there is a subfolder in the resulting template directory that matches the name of the backend, that folder is appended to the template directory path.

This option may be specified more than once. Matching templates found in subsequent directories override ones previously discovered.

Processing Information

--trace

Include backtrace information on errors. Not enabled by default.

-v, --verbose

Verbosely print processing information and configuration file checks to stderr.

Program Information

-h, --help

Show the help message.

-V, --version

Print program version number.

EXIT STATUS

0

Success

1

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

BUGS

See the Asciidoctor issue tracker: <https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/issues?state=open>

AUTHORS

Asciidoctor was written by Dan Allen, Ryan Waldron, Jason Porter, Nick Hengeveld and other contributors.

AsciiDoc was written by Stuart Rackham and has received contributions from many other individuals.

RESOURCES

Git source repository on GitHub: <https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor>

Project web site: <http://asciidoctor.org>

GitHub organization: <http://github.com/asciidoctor>

Mailinglist / forum: <http://discuss.asciidoctor.org>

COPYING

Copyright (C) 2012-2013 Dan Allen and Ryan Waldron. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the MIT License.

AUTHOR

Dan Allen; Ryan Waldron

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