Arguments and options for the dita command
The dita command takes mandatory arguments to process DITA content, manage plug-ins, or print information about the command. Options can be used to modify the command behavior or specify additional configuration parameters.
Usage
**dita****-i**file**-f**name [ options ]
**dita****-install**[ { file | url } ]
**dita****-uninstall**id
**dita****-help**
**dita****-version**
Arguments
-i, -input file : Specifies the master file for your documentation project. Typically this is a DITA map, however it also can be a DITA topic if you want to transform a single DITA file. The path can be absolute, relative to args.input.dir, or relative to the current directory if args.input.dir is not defined.
-f, -format name : Specifies the output format (transformation type).
-install file -install url : Install a single plug-in from a local ZIP file or from a URL.
-install : If no file or url argument is provided, the integration process reloads plug-ins from the plugins directory. This approach can be used to integrate mutltiple plug-ins at once.
-uninstall id : Uninstall a plug-in with the specified ID.
-h, -help : Print command usage help.
-version : Print version information and exit.
Options
-o, -output dir : Specifies the path of the output directory; the path can be absolute or relative to the current directory. By default, the output is written to the out subdirectory of the current directory.
-filter file : Specifies a filter file to be used to include, exclude, or flag content.
-t, -temp dir : Specifies the location of the temporary directory.
-v, -verbose : Verbose logging.
-d, -debug : Debug logging.
-l, -logfile file : Write logging messages to a file.
-Dproperty=value : Specify a value for a parameter. Supported parameters are the same as Ant parameters and are transformation type specific.
-propertyfile file : Load all properties from a file. Properties specified with the -D option take precedence.
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