command

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

Synopsis

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

These elements contain command: caption (db.html.caption), citetitle, computeroutput, emphasis, entry, link, literallayout, para, phrase (db.phrase), programlisting, quote, subtitle, td, term, th, title, titleabbrev, userinput.

Children

The following elements occur in command: text, inlinemediaobject, phrase (db._phrase), replaceable, subscript, superscript.

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.