command

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

Synopsis

Parents

caption (db.html.caption)
citetitle
computeroutput
emphasis
entry
html:button
html:label
html:legend
link (db.link)
literallayout
para
phrase (db.phrase)
programlisting
quote
rddl:resource
subtitle
summary
td
term
th
title
titleabbrev
userinput

command ::= × ⏵ ⏷

Zero or more of:
- text
- phrase (db._phrase)
- replaceable
- Graphic inlines ⏵ ⏷
  - inlinemediaobject
- Ubiquitous inlines ⏵ ⏷

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.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

Parents

23 elements contain command. × ⏵ ⏷

Children

5 elements occur in command. × ⏵ ⏷

Examples

1 |<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
  |<title>Example command</title>
  | 
  |<para>In <acronym>UNIX</acronym>,
5 |<command>ls</command> is used to get a directory listing.
  |</para>
  | 
  |</article>

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