The command line version can be used identically on any operating system UDO is available for.
udo — convert files from UDO into different formats
udo [-acdDfghHilmnpPqrstuvwWxy4] source file
udo [-acdDfghHilmnpPqrstuvwWxy4] -o destination
file source file
UDO converts files from its own UDO format into the following formats: AmigaGuide, Apple QuickView, ASCII, David's Readme-Compiler, HP-Helptag-SGML, HTML, HTML-Help, OS/2 IPF, LaTeX, Linuxdoc-SGML, LyX, Manualpage, Nroff, Pure-C-Help, PDFLaTeX, PostScript, RTF, ST-Guide source, Texinfo, Turbo-Vision-Help source, UDO and WinHelp/WinHelp4 source.
Using the first method UDO prints the destination format to the standard output (STDOUT) and error messages to the standard error output (STDERR). Using the second method UDO writes the destination format to the destination file and error messages to a log file with the suffix .ul?.
You have to pass single options to UDO: -al isn't the same as -a -l!
The name of the source file has to be the last option.
| -@ F | UDO will read the options from the file named F. You can enter one option per line (as required up to UDO 6), or separate options by space or tab characters like in a command line. |
| -a, --asc | The source file will be converted to ASCII. |
| --amg | The source file will be converted to AmigaGuide. |
| --aqv, --quickview | The source file will be converted to Apple QuickView. |
| -c, --c | The source file will be converted to C source code. Normal text becomes comment, the content of the sourcecode environment becomes C code. |
| --check | Activate some additional checks. |
| -d, --no-idxfile | Suppress the generation of index files. |
| --drc | The source file will be converted to DRC Format (David's Readme Compiler). |
| -D symbol | Set the symbol symbolwhich can be tested in the source file with !ifset. |
| --force-long | UDO tries to use long filenames even on operating systems that normally do not support them. |
| --force-short | Force UDO to use short filenames (8+3). |
| -f, --pdflatex | The source file will be converted to PDFLaTeX sourcecode. |
| -g, --helptag | The source file will be converted to HP Helptag SGML. |
| -h, --html | The source file will be converted to HTML. |
| --hah | Die Quelldatei wird ins HTML Apple Help Format umgewandelt. |
| -hh, --htmlhelp | The source file will be converted to HTML-Help. |
| --help | Outputs a help page and quits. |
| -H, --hold | You have to press a key before UDO finishes. |
| -i, --info | The source file will be converted to GNU Texinfo. |
| --ipf | The source file will be converted to OS/2 IPF. |
| -l, --no-logfile | When using the Option -o UDO doesn't save a log file. |
| --lyx | The source file will be converted to LyX. |
| -m, --man | The source file will be converted to a manualpage. |
| --map | Creates a header file for C with the WinHelp-Jump-IDs. |
| --map-pas | Creates a map file with the WinHelp-Jump-IDs for Pascal/Delphi. |
| --map-gfa | Creates a map file with the WinHelp-Jump-IDs for GFA Basic. |
| --map-vb | Creates a map file with the WinHelp-Jump-IDs for Visual Basic. |
| -n, --nroff | The source file will be converted to Nroff. |
| -o F, --outfile F | UDO writes the output into the file named F. With -o, the output filename will be the source filename with new extension (e.g. file.u becomes file.stg). |
| -p, --pchelp | The source file will be converted to Pure C Help. |
| -P, --pascal | The source file will be converted to pascal source code. Normal text becomes comment, the content of the sourcecode environment becomes C code |
| --ps | The source file will be converted to PostScript. |
| -q, --quiet | UDO won't print anything to STDOUT or STDERR. |
| -r, --rtf | The source file will be converted to Richt Text Format (RTF). |
| -s, --stg | The source file will be converted to ST-Guide sourcecode. |
| --save-upr | When using this option UDO will save a file with the suffix .upr with a list of all source files, include files and generated files |
| -t, --tex | The source file will be converted to LaTeX. |
| --test | When using this option UDO won't save a destination file. |
| --tree | When using this option UDO will save a file with the suffix .ut?. In this file you will see a tree with all files your source file includes. |
| -u, --udo | Generate one file in udo format containing all included source files. This allows to put all source files into one udo file. |
| -v, --vision | The source file will be converted to Turbo Vision Help. |
| --verbose | UDO will print some status information while converting the source file. |
| --version | Outputs version information and quits UDO. |
| -w, --win | The source file will be converted to Windows Help sourcecode. |
| -4, --win4 | The source file will be converted to Windows Help 4 sourcecode. |
| -W, --no-warnings | Warnings will be suppressed. Error messages will still be printed. |
| -Wl, --no-warningslines | Warnings for line len suppressed. Macht nur Sinn, wenn UDO Warnungen ausgeben soll. |
| -x, --linuxdoc | The source file will be converted to Linuxdoc-SGML. |
| -y, --no-hypfile | UDO doesn't save a file with Hyphenation hints when using the option -o. |
file.uto ASCII (default) and print the output to the standard output and error messages to the standard error output.
| HOME | UDO looks for the file udo.ini in your home directory if UDOPATH doesn't exist (udo.ini is only relevant for the Atari-GEM version of UDO). |
| LANG | Sets the language UDO shall use for error messages if neither LC_ALL nor LC_MESSAGES exists. |
| LC_ALL | If this is set to germanUDO prints German messages. If this variable doesn't exist LC_MESSAGES it tested instead. |
| LC_MESSAGES | See LC_ALL. If this variable doesn't exist, too, LANG is tested instead. |
| UDOPATH | UDO looks for the file udo.ini in the directory defined by this variable. If UDOPATH doesn't exist HOME is tested instead. |
| UDOINPUTPATH | UDO looks for files included by the !input command in the directory defined by this variable. |
| 0 | Everything was OK. |
| >0 | An error has appeared. |