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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' ?>
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%DOCBOOK_ENTS;
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<chapter conformance="204" version="5.0" xml:id="chap-Publican-Users_Guide-Publican_commands" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
	<info>
		<title>Publican commands</title>

	</info>
	 <para>
		<application>Publican</application> is a command-line tool. To use <application>Publican</application> on a computer with a Linux operating system, you must either start a terminal emulator program (such as <application>GNOME Terminal</application> or <application>Konsole</application>) or switch to a virtual console. To use <application>Publican</application> on a computer with a Windows operating system, run the <command>cmd</command> command from the <guimenu>Start menu</guimenu> to open a command prompt.
	</para>
	 <para>
		<application>Publican</application> commands take one of the following formats: 
		<variablelist>
			<varlistentry>
				<term><prompt>$</prompt> <command>publican <replaceable>command_option</replaceable></command></term>
				 <listitem>
					<para>
						The <replaceable>command_option</replaceable> is any of several options for the <prompt>$</prompt> <command>publican</command> command itself. For a complete list of actions see <xref linkend="Auto_Docs-Command_actions" />
					</para>

				</listitem>

			</varlistentry>
			 <varlistentry>
				<term><prompt>$</prompt> <command>publican <replaceable>action</replaceable> <replaceable>action_options</replaceable></command></term>
				 <listitem>
					<para>
						The <replaceable>action</replaceable> is an action for <application>Publican</application> to perform, such as creating the XML files for a new document or building a HTML document from a document's XML files. The <replaceable>action_options</replaceable> apply to the <replaceable>action</replaceable>, such as specifying the language of a document. For a complete list of actions see <xref linkend="Auto_Docs-Command_actions" />
					</para>

				</listitem>

			</varlistentry>
			 <varlistentry>
				<term><prompt>$</prompt> <command>publican <replaceable>command_option</replaceable> <replaceable>action</replaceable> <replaceable>action_options</replaceable></command></term>
				 <listitem>
					<para>
						Some <replaceable>command_options</replaceable> affect the output of <replaceable>actions</replaceable>, for example, whether <application>Publican</application> should use ANSI colors in its output. For a complete list of actions and options see <xref linkend="Auto_Docs-Command_actions" />
					</para>

				</listitem>

			</varlistentry>

		</variablelist>

	</para>
</chapter>