command

command — The name of an executable program or other software command

Synopsis

command ::=

Zero or more of:
- text
- phrase (db._phrase)
- replaceable
- Graphic inlines
  inlinemediaobject
- Indexing inlines
  indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange)
  
  indexterm (db.indexterm.singular)
  
  indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange)
- Linking inlines
  anchor
  
  biblioref
  
  link
  
  olink
  
  xref
- Ubiquitous inlines
  alt
  
  anchor
  
  annotation
  
  biblioref
  
  indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange)
  
  indexterm (db.indexterm.singular)
  
  indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange)
  
  inlinemediaobject
  
  link
  
  olink
  
  remark
  
  subscript
  
  superscript
  
  xref

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Description

This element holds the name of an executable program or the text of a command that a user enters to execute a program.

A command is an integral part of the cmdsynopsis environment as well as being a common inline.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

Parents

These elements contain command: bridgehead, caption (db.html.caption), citation, citetitle, classsynopsisinfo, cmdsynopsis, computeroutput, emphasis (db.emphasis), entry, firstterm, funcsynopsisinfo, glosssee, glossseealso, glossterm, html:button, html:label, html:legend, link, literallayout, member, olink, orgdiv, para, phrase (db.phrase), primary, primaryie, programlisting, quote, refdescriptor, refentrytitle, refname, refpurpose, screen, secondary, secondaryie, see, seealso, seealsoie, seeie, seg, segtitle, simpara, subtitle, synopsis, td, term, termdef, tertiary, tertiaryie, th, title, titleabbrev, tocentry, userinput.

Children

The following elements occur in command: text, alt, anchor, annotation, biblioref, indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm (db.indexterm.singular), indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange), inlinemediaobject, link, olink, phrase (db._phrase), remark, replaceable, subscript, superscript, xref.

Examples

<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>Example command</title>

<para>In <acronym>UNIX</acronym>,
<command>ls</command> is used to get a directory listing.
</para>

</article>

In UNIX, ls is used to get a directory listing.

ChangeLog

This alpha reference page is $Revision: 7120 $ published Sun, 22 Jul 2007.


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