# ASCIIDOC(1) Manual Page

## 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 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. 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@ (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: docbook, xhtml11 or html4. Defaults to xhtml11.

-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.

-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.

--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.

## 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

Written by Stuart Rackham, <srackham@gmail.com>

## RESOURCES

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

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

## COPYING

Copyright (C) 2002-2009 Stuart Rackham. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).