command

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

Synopsis

command ::=

Zero or more of:
- text
- 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
  abbrev
  acronym
  alt
  anchor
  annotation
  biblioref
  coref
  date
  emphasis (db._emphasis)
  firstterm (db._firstterm)
  footnote
  footnoteref
  foreignphrase (db._foreignphrase)
  glossterm (db._glossterm)
  indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange)
  indexterm (db.indexterm.singular)
  indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange)
  inlinemediaobject
  link
  olink
  phrase (db._phrase)
  quote (db._quote)
  remark
  subscript
  superscript
  trademark
  wordasword
  xref

Attributes

Common 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

This element occurs in 54 elements.

Children

This element contains 29 elements.

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.


colspec		computeroutput