command
command — The name of an executable program or other software command.
Synopsis
- Zero or more of:
- text
phrase
(db._phrase)replaceable
- Graphic inlines
- Indexing inlines
- Linking inlines
- Ubiquitous inlines
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.
This element occurs in 52 elements.
This element contains 16 elements.
See Also
Examples
1 <article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> 2 <title>Example command</title> 4 <para>In <acronym>UNIX</acronym>, <command>ls</command> is used to get a directory listing. 6 </para> 8 </article>
In UNIX, ls is used to get a directory listing.