ASCIIDOC(1)

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

SYNOPSIS
asciidoc [OPTIONS] FILE

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

OPTIONS

-a, --attribute=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. Multiple instances allowed.

-b, --backend=BACKEND
    Backend output file format: docbook, xhtml11 or html4. Defaults to xhtml11.

-f, --conf-file=CONF_FILE
    Use configuration file CONF_FILE. Multiple instances allowed. Configuration files processed in command-line order (after implicit configuration files).

-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.

-h, --help[=TOPIC]
    Print help TOPIC. --help topics will print a list of help topics, --help syntax summarises 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.

--unsafe
    Disable safe mode. Safe mode is enabled by default, disabling it is potentially dangerous.

-v, --verbose
    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
SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/asciidoc/

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

COPYING
Copyright (C) 2002-2005 Stuart Rackham. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).