---
name: "jison"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "jison"
version: "0.4.17+dfsg-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/jison"
---

# jison(1)

JS bottom-up parsers generator

## NAME

cli.js - JS bottom-up parsers generator

## SYNOPSIS

**jison** \[*file*\] \[*lexfile*\] \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

file        file containing a grammar lexfile     file containing a lexical grammar

## OPTIONS

- **-j**, **--json**

  force jison to expect a grammar in JSON format

- **-o** FILE, **--outfile** FILE

  Filename and base module name of the generated parser

- **-t**, **--debug**

  Debug mode  \[false\]

- **-m** TYPE, **--module-type** TYPE

  The type of module to generate (commonjs, amd, js)  \[commonjs\]

- **-p** TYPE, **--parser-type** TYPE

  The type of algorithm to use for the parser (lr0, slr,lalr, lr)  \[lalr\]

- **-V**, **--version**

  print version and exit