Provided by: asciidoctor_1.5.4-1_all 
NAME
asciidoctor - converts AsciiDoc source files to HTML, DocBook and other formats
SYNOPSIS
asciidoctor [OPTION]... FILE...
DESCRIPTION
The asciidoctor(1) command converts the AsciiDoc source file(s) FILE to HTML5, DocBook 5, DocBook 4.5, man(ual) page 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’s 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, docbook5, docbook45 and manpage are supported out of the box. You
can also use the backend alias names html (aliased to html5) or docbook (aliased to docbook5).
Defaults to html5. Other options can be passed, but if Asciidoctor cannot find the backend, it will
fail during conversion.
-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. (No longer in use).
-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 converter 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 converter
templates. If a template engine is not specified, it will be auto-detected based on the file
extension of the custom converter templates found.
-e, --eruby
Specifies the eRuby implementation to use for executing the custom converter templates written in
ERB. Supported values are erb and erubis. Defaults to erb.
-I, --load-path=DIRECTORY
Add the specified directory to the load path, so that -r can load extensions from outside the default
Ruby load path. This option may be specified more than once.
-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.
-r, --require=LIBRARY
Require the specified library before executing the processor, using the standard Ruby require. This
option may be specified more than once.
-s, --no-header-footer
Suppress the document header and footer in the output.
-T, --template-dir=DIR
A directory containing custom converter 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
-q, --quiet
Silence warnings.
--trace
Include backtrace information on errors. Not enabled by default.
-v, --verbose
Verbosely print processing information and configuration file checks to stderr.
-t, --timings
Display timings information (time to read, parse and convert).
Program Information
-h, --help
Show the help message.
-V, --version
Print program version number.
-v can also be used if no other flags or arguments are present.
EXIT STATUS
0
Success.
1
Failure (syntax or usage error; configuration error; document processing failure; unexpected error).
BUGS
Refer to the Asciidoctor issue tracker at <https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/
issues?q=is%3Aopen>.
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
Project web site: <http://asciidoctor.org> Git source repository on GitHub: <https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor> GitHub organization: <https://github.com/asciidoctor> Discussion list / forum: <http://discuss.asciidoctor.org>
COPYING
Copyright (C) 2012-2016 Dan Allen, Ryan Waldron and the Asciidoctor Project. Free use of this software is
granted under the terms of the MIT License.
AUTHOR(S)
Dan Allen, Sarah White, Ryan Waldron
Author(s).