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NAME
       docutils  -  generic  command  line  interface for the docutils package View document source.
       Generated on: 2023-11-30 11:16 UTC.  Generated by Docutils from reStructuredText source.


SYNOPSIS
       docutils [options] [<source> [<destination>]]

DESCRIPTION
       Convert documents into useful formats.  Reads from <source> (default is stdin) and writes  to
       <destination> (default is stdout).  See https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/user/config.html
       for a detailed settings reference.

OPTIONS
   General Docutils Options
       --output=<destination>
              Output  destination  name.  Obsoletes  the <destination> positional argument. Default:
              None (stdout).

       --title=<title>
              Specify the document title as metadata.

       --generator, -g
              Include a "Generated by Docutils" credit and link.

       --no-generator
              Do not include a generator credit.

       --date, -d
              Include the date at the end of the document (UTC).

       --time, -t
              Include the time & date (UTC).

       --no-datestamp
              Do not include a datestamp of any kind.

       --source-link, -s
              Include a "View document source" link.

       --source-url=<URL>
              Use <URL> for a source link; implies --source-link.

       --no-source-link
              Do not include a "View document source" link.

       --toc-entry-backlinks
              Link from section headers to TOC entries.  (default)

       --toc-top-backlinks
              Link from section headers to the top of the TOC.

       --no-toc-backlinks
              Disable backlinks to the table of contents.

       --footnote-backlinks
              Link from footnotes/citations to references. (default)

       --no-footnote-backlinks
              Disable backlinks from footnotes and citations.

       --section-numbering
              Enable section numbering by Docutils.  (default)

       --no-section-numbering
              Disable section numbering by Docutils.

       --strip-comments
              Remove comment elements from the document tree.

       --leave-comments
              Leave comment elements in the document tree. (default)

       --strip-elements-with-class=<class>
              Remove all elements with classes="<class>" from the  document  tree.  Warning:  poten‐
              tially dangerous; use with caution. (Multiple-use option.)

       --strip-class=<class>
              Remove  all  classes="<class>" attributes from elements in the document tree. Warning:
              potentially dangerous; use with caution. (Multiple-use option.)

       --report=<level>, -r <level>
              Report system messages at or higher than <level>: "info" or  "1",  "warning"/"2"  (de‐
              fault), "error"/"3", "severe"/"4", "none"/"5"

       --verbose, -v
              Report all system messages.  (Same as "--report=1".)

       --quiet, -q
              Report no system messages.  (Same as "--report=5".)

       --halt=<level>
              Halt  execution  at  system messages at or above <level>.  Levels as in --report.  De‐
              fault: 4 (severe).

       --strict
              Halt at the slightest problem.  Same as "--halt=info".

       --exit-status=<level>
              Enable a non-zero exit status for non-halting system messages  at  or  above  <level>.
              Default: 5 (disabled).

       --debug
              Enable debug-level system messages and diagnostics.

       --no-debug
              Disable debug output.  (default)

       --warnings=<file>
              Send the output of system messages to <file>.

       --traceback
              Enable Python tracebacks when Docutils is halted.

       --no-traceback
              Disable Python tracebacks.  (default)

       --input-encoding=<name[:handler]>, -i <name[:handler]>
              Specify  the  encoding  and  optionally  the  error  handler  of input text.  Default:
              <auto-detect>:strict.

       --input-encoding-error-handler=INPUT_ENCODING_ERROR_HANDLER
              Specify the error handler for undecodable characters.   Choices:  "strict"  (default),
              "ignore", and "replace".

       --output-encoding=<name[:handler]>, -o <name[:handler]>
              Specify  the  text  encoding  and  optionally  the error handler for output.  Default:
              utf-8:strict.

       --output-encoding-error-handler=OUTPUT_ENCODING_ERROR_HANDLER
              Specify error handler for unencodable output characters; "strict" (default), "ignore",
              "replace", "xmlcharrefreplace", "backslashreplace".

       --error-encoding=<name[:handler]>, -e <name[:handler]>
              Specify text encoding and optionally error handler for error output.  Default text en‐
              coding: system encoding.  Default error handler: backslashreplace.

       --error-encoding-error-handler=ERROR_ENCODING_ERROR_HANDLER
              Specify the error handler for unencodable characters in error output.  Default:  back‐
              slashreplace.

       --language=<name>, -l <name>
              Specify the language (as BCP 47 language tag).  Default: en.

       --record-dependencies=<file>
              Write output file dependencies to <file>.

       --config=<file>
              Read configuration settings from <file>, if it exists.

       --version, -V
              Show this program's version number and exit.

       --help, -h
              Show this help message and exit.

   Generic Parser Options
       --no-file-insertion
              Disable  directives  that  insert  the  contents  of an external file; replaced with a
              "warning" system message.

       --file-insertion-enabled
              Enable directives that insert the contents of an external file. (default)

       --no-raw
              Disable the "raw" directive; replaced with a "warning" system message.

       --raw-enabled
              Enable the "raw" directive. (default)

       --line-length-limit=<length>
              Maximal number of characters in an input line. Default 10 000.

   reStructuredText Parser Options
       --pep-references
              Recognize and link to standalone PEP references (like "PEP 258").

       --pep-base-url=<URL>
              Base URL for PEP references (default "https://peps.python.org/").

       --pep-file-url-template=<URL>
              Template for PEP file part of URL. (default "pep-%04d")

       --rfc-references
              Recognize and link to standalone RFC references (like "RFC 822").

       --rfc-base-url=<URL>
              Base URL for RFC references (default "https://tools.ietf.org/html/").

       --tab-width=<width>
              Set number of spaces for tab expansion (default 8).

       --trim-footnote-reference-space
              Remove spaces before footnote references.

       --leave-footnote-reference-space
              Leave spaces before footnote references.

       --syntax-highlight=<format>
              Token name set for parsing code with Pygments: one of "long", "short", or  "none"  (no
              parsing). Default is "long".

       --smart-quotes=<yes/no/alt>
              Change  straight  quotation  marks to typographic form: one of "yes", "no", "alt[erna‐
              tive]" (default "no").

       --smartquotes-locales=<language:quotes[,language:quotes,...]>
              Characters to use as "smart quotes" for <language>.

       --word-level-inline-markup
              Inline markup recognized at word boundaries only (adjacent to  punctuation  or  white‐
              space).  Force  character-level inline markup recognition with "" (backslash + space).
              Default.

       --character-level-inline-markup
              Inline markup recognized anywhere, regardless of surrounding characters. Backslash-es‐
              capes must be used to avoid unwanted markup recognition. Useful for  East  Asian  lan‐
              guages. Experimental.

   Standalone Reader Options
       --no-doc-title
              Disable  the promotion of a lone top-level section title to document title (and subse‐
              quent section title to document subtitle promotion; enabled by default).

       --no-doc-info
              Disable the bibliographic field list transform (enabled by default).

       --section-subtitles
              Activate the promotion of lone subsection titles to section subtitles (disabled by de‐
              fault).

       --no-section-subtitles
              Deactivate the promotion of lone subsection titles.

   HTML Writer Options
       --template=<file>
              Template file.  (UTF-8  encoded,  default:  "/usr/share/do  cutils/writers/html5_poly‐
              glot/template.txt")

       --stylesheet=<URL[,URL,...]>
              Comma   separated  list  of  stylesheet  URLs.  Overrides  previous  --stylesheet  and
              --stylesheet-path settings.

       --stylesheet-path=<file[,file,...]>
              Comma separated list of stylesheet paths. Relative paths are expanded  if  a  matching
              file  is found in the --stylesheet-dirs. With --link-stylesheet, the path is rewritten
              relative to the output HTML file. (default: "minimal.css,plain.css")

       --stylesheet-dirs=<dir[,dir,...]>
              Comma-separated  list  of  directories  where   stylesheets   are   found.   Used   by
              --stylesheet-path  when expanding relative path arguments. (default: ".,/usr/share/do‐
              cutils/writers/html5_polyglot")

       --embed-stylesheet
              Embed the stylesheet(s) in the output HTML file.  The stylesheet files must be  acces‐
              sible during processing.  (default)

       --link-stylesheet
              Link to the stylesheet(s) in the output HTML file.

       --initial-header-level=<level>
              Specify  the  initial  header  level.  Does  not affect document title & subtitle (see
              --no-doc-title).  (default: 2 for "<h2>")

       --footnote-references=<format>
              Format for footnote references: one of "superscript" or "brackets". (default:  "brack‐
              ets")

       --attribution=<format>
              Format  for  block  quote  attributions:  one  of  "dash" (em-dash prefix), "parenthe‐
              ses"/"parens", or "none".  (default: "dash")

       --compact-lists
              Remove extra vertical whitespace between items of "simple" bullet lists and enumerated
              lists. (default)

       --no-compact-lists
              Disable compact simple bullet and enumerated lists.

       --compact-field-lists
              Remove extra vertical whitespace between items of simple field lists. (default)

       --no-compact-field-lists
              Disable compact simple field lists.

       --table-style=TABLE_STYLE
              Added to standard table classes. Defined  styles:  borderless,  booktabs,  align-left,
              align-center, align- right, colwidths-auto, colwidths-grid.

       --math-output=MATH_OUTPUT
              Math  output  format  (one  of "MathML", "HTML", "MathJax", or "LaTeX") and option(s).
              (default: "HTML math.css")

       --xml-declaration
              Prepend an XML declaration.

       --no-xml-declaration
              Omit the XML declaration.

       --cloak-email-addresses
              Obfuscate email addresses to confuse harvesters while still keeping email links usable
              with standards- compliant browsers.

   HTML5 Writer Options
       --image-loading=IMAGE_LOADING
              Suggest at which point images should be loaded: "embed", "link" (default), or "lazy".

       --section-self-link
              Append a self-link to section headings.

       --no-section-self-link
              Do not append a self-link to section headings.  (default)

   Docutils Application Options
       Reader, writer, and parser settings influence the available  options.   Example:  use  --help
       --writer=latex to see LaTeX writer options.

       --reader=<reader>
              Reader name (currently: "standalone").

       --parser=<parser>
              Parser name (currently: "rst").

       --writer=<writer>
              Writer name (currently: "html5").


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NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS
General Docutils Options --no-generator --no-datestamp --no-source-link --toc-entry-backlinks --toc-top-backlinks --no-toc-backlinks --footnote-backlinks --no-footnote-backlinks --section-numbering --no-section-numbering --strip-comments --leave-comments --strict --debug --no-debug --traceback --no-traceback Generic Parser Options --no-file-insertion --file-insertion-enabled --no-raw --raw-enabled reStructuredText Parser Options --pep-references --rfc-references --trim-footnote-reference-space --leave-footnote-reference-space --word-level-inline-markup --character-level-inline-markup Standalone Reader Options --no-doc-title --no-doc-info --section-subtitles --no-section-subtitles HTML Writer Options --embed-stylesheet --link-stylesheet --compact-lists --no-compact-lists --compact-field-lists --no-compact-field-lists --xml-declaration --no-xml-declaration --cloak-email-addresses HTML5 Writer Options --section-self-link --no-section-self-link Docutils Application Options

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