ctpl(1)

ctpl1

Ctpl command-line template parsing tool

Usage

ctpl [OPTION] ... INPUTFILE ...

Overview

ctpl parses one or more INPUTFILE template against the provided environment and outputs the result.

Options

-h, --help

Prints the command line options.

-o, --output=FILE

Write output to FILE. If not provided, defaults to stdout.

-e, --env-file=ENVFILE

Add environment from ENVFILE. This option may appear more than once.

-c, --env-chunk=CHUNK

Add environment chunk CHUNK. This option may appear more than once.

-v, --verbose

Be verbose.

--version

Print the version information and exit.

--encoding=ENCODING

Specify the encoding of the input and output files. The default encoding is the system's one.

Template and environment description syntax

For the documentation about the syntax of templates and environment descriptions, see the CTPL library's documentation.

Releases

Unchanged in 8 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy).

  1. 7–Arch

Reporting bugs

Report CTPL bugs to [email protected]
CTPL home page: <http://ctpl.tuxfamily.org>

Author

Colomban Wendling ([email protected])

From ctpl 0.3.5-3 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.