---
name: "antlr3"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "antlr3"
version: "3.2-10"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/antlr3/3"
---

# antlr3(3)

ANother Tool for Language Recognition, version 3

## NAME

ANTLR - ANother Tool for Language Recognition, version 3

## SYNOPSIS

**java org.antlr.Tool** **or** **antlr3** \[*args*\] *file.g* \[ *file2.g* *file3.g* ...\]\

## DESCRIPTION

ANTLR, ANother Tool for Language Recognition, (formerly PCCTS) is a language tool that provides a framework for constructing recognizers, compilers, and translators from grammatical descriptions containing C++ or Java actions.

- **-o** *outputDir*

  specify output directory where all output generated.

- **-fo** *outputDir*

  same as -o but force even files with relative paths to dir.

- **-lib** *dir*

  specify location of token files.

- **-depend**

  generate file dependencies.

- **-report**

  print out a report about the grammar(s) processed.

- **-print**

  print out the grammar without actions.

- **-debug**

  generate a parser that emits debugging events.

- **-profile**

  generate a parser that computes profiling information.

- **-nfa**

  generate an NFA for each rule.

- **-dfa**

  generate a DFA for each decision point.

- **-message-format** *name*

  specify output style for messages.

- **-verbose**

  generate ANTLR version and other information.

- **-make**

  only build if generated files older than grammar.

- **-version**

  print the version of ANTLR and exit.

- **-X**

  display extended argument list.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Ludovic Claude \<ludovic.claude@laposte.net\>

## SEE ALSO

**java**(1), [**runantlr**(1)](/runantlr/1.md), **http://www.antlr.org/**\