ASCIIDOC(1)
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NAME
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asciidoc - converts an AsciiDoc text file to HTML or DocBook


SYNOPSIS
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*asciidoc* ['OPTIONS'] 'FILE'


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


OPTIONS
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*-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',
    'html5', 'slidy', 'wordpress' or 'latex' (the 'latex' backend is
    experimental).  You can also use the backend alias names 'html'
    (aliased to 'xhtml11') or 'docbook' (aliased to 'docbook45').
    Defaults to 'html'.  The *--backend* option is also used to manage
    backend plugins (see <<X1,*PLUGIN COMMANDS*>>).


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


RESOURCES
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SourceForge: <http://sourceforge.net/projects/asciidoc/>

Main web site: <http://asciidoc.org/>


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