---
name: "kelbt"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kelbt"
version: "0.16-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kelbt"
---

# kelbt(1)

generate backtracking LR parsers

## NAME

kelbt - generate backtracking LR parsers

## SYNOPSIS

**kelbt** \[*options*\]*files*

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page very briefly documents **kelbt**, a backtracking LR parser generator. For a better reference on how to use it, see the provided examples and the paper at https://www.colm.net/files/kelbt/thurston\_CASCON\_06\_btlr.pdf

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **-H**, **-?**, **--help**

  Print this usage and exit

- **-v, --version**

  Print version information and exit **-o  file** Write output to file **-V** Generate a Graphviz dotfile **-i** Show branch point info **-t** Force top-down with unique empty productions **-l** Inhibit writing of #line directives

## AUTHOR

kelbt was written by Adrian Thurston \<thurston@cs.queensu.ca\>.