---
name: "gsl"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "generator-scripting-language"
version: "4.1.5-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gsl"
---

# gsl(1)

a code construction and generation tool

## NAME

gsl - a code construction and generation tool

## SYNOPSIS

**gsl** \[**-\<option\>** \] \[**-\<attr\>\[:\<value\>\]**\] *\[FILE\]*

**gsl -a** \[**-\<option\>** \] \[**-\<attr\>\[:\<value\>\]**\] *\[FILE\]* *\[ARG\]*

## DESCRIPTION

GSL/4.1 is a code construction tool.  It will generate code in all languages and for all purposes, based on templates.

## OPTIONS

- **-a**

  Pass arguments following *\[FILE\]* to GSL script

- **-q**

  suppress routine messages

- **-p**

  process files in parallel

- **-c:\<MODE\>\[:***FILE***\]**

  **set console mode (optionally capture output to file)**

  **(use capital case -C**:... to disable the echo)

  modes:

-

  **p** - print as requested

-

  **d** - prefix with date and time

-

  **t** - prefix with time only

-

  **dbg** - datetime, with full flush to disk

- **-s:\<N\>**

  set script cache size - default is 1000000

- **-h**

  show command-line summary

- **-v**

  show full version information

## SEE ALSO

The full documentation for **gsl**, including tutorials on how to create templates, is maintained as a MarkDown format README in:

**\</usr/share/doc/generator-scripting-language/README.md\>**

or online at:

**\<https://github.com/zeromq/gsl/blob/master/README.md\>**