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.\" Enhanced version of file generated by help2man 1.47.10
.TH EPUBCHECK 1 "2019-07-19" "epubcheck 4.2.2" "Epubcheck Manual"
.SH NAME
\fBepubcheck\fR - a tool to validate EPUB files
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBepubcheck\fR [ \fB\-\-profile\fR \fIprofile\fR ] [ \fB\-\-mode\fR \fImode\fR ] [ \fIoptions\fR ] [ file ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBepubcheck\fR is a tool to validate EPUB 2 and EPUB 3 files. It can detect many types of errors in EPUB. OCF container structure, OPF and OPS mark-up, and internal reference
consistency are checked.
.PP
\fBepubcheck\fR can be run as a standalone command-line tool or used as a Java library.
.SH OPTIONS
.BR
.SS "General options"
.BR
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-save\fR
Saves the EPUB created from the validation check of an expanded EPUB archive
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-out\fR \fIfile\fR
Output an assessment XML document file (use \- to output to console)
.TP
\fB\-x\fR, \fB\-\-xmp\fR \fIfile\FR
Output an assessment XMP document file (use \- to output to console)
.TP
\fB\-j\fR, \fB\-\-json\fR \fIfile\fR
Output an assessment JSON document file (use \- to output to console)
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-mode\fR \fImode\fR
Specify the mode (required for validating non-EPUB files)
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-profile\fR \fIprofile\fR
Specify the profile to validate against
.TP
\fB\-\-failonwarnings\fR
By default, the tool returns 1 if errors are found in the file or 0 if no errors are found.
Using \fB\-\-failonwarnings\fR will cause the process to exit with a status of 1 if either warnings or errors are present and 0 only when there are no errors or warnings.
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
No message on console, except errors, only in the output
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-fatal\fR
Include only fatal errors in the output
.TP
\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-error\fR
Include only error and fatal severity messages in ouput
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-warn\fR
Include fatal, error, and warn severity messages in output
.TP
\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-usage\fR
Include ePub feature usage information in output (default is OFF); if enabled, usage information will
always be included in the output file
.TP
\fB\-\-locale\fR
Output localized messages according to the provided IETF BCP 47 language tag string
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-listChecks\fR \fIfile\fR
List message ids and severity levels to the custom message file named \fIfile\fR or the console
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-customMessages\fR \fIfile\fR
Override message severity levels as defined in the custom message file named \fIfile\fR
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-?\fR or \fB\-\-help\fR
Displays help message
.BR
.SS "Modes"
.BR
.PP
If checking a non\-epub file, the type of the file must be specified using \fB\-\-mode\fR and the epub version of the file must
be specified using \fB\-v\fR. The default version is 3.0.
.TP
\fB\-\-mode\fR \fIopf\fR \fB\-v\fR \fI2.0\fR
For single OPF file validation (EPUB 2)
.TP
\fB\-\-mode\fR \fIopf\fR \fB\-v\fR \fI3.0\fR
For single OPF file validation (EPUB 3)
.TP
\fB\-\-mode\fR \fIxhtml\fR \fB\-v\fR \fI2.0\fR
For single XHTML file validation (EPUB 2)
.TP
\fB\-\-mode\fR \fIxhtml\fR \fB\-v\fR \fI3.0\fR
For single XHTML file validation (EPUB 3)
.TP
\fB\-\-mode\fR \fIsvg\fR \fB\-v\fR \fI2.0\fR
For single SVG file validation (EPUB 2)
.TP
\fB\-\-mode\fR \fIsvg\fR \fB\-v\fR \fI3.0\fR
For single SVG file validation (EPUB 3)
.TP
\fB\-\-mode\fR \fInav\fR \fB\-v\fR \fI3.0\fR
For single 'Navigation Document' validation
.TP
\fB\-\-mode\fR \fImo\fR \fB\-v\fR \fI3.0\fR
For single 'Media Overlays' validation
.TP
\fB\-\-mode\fR \fIexp\fR
For validating expanded EPUB archives
.BR
.SS "Validation profiles"
.BR
.PP
To specify a validation profile (to run checks against a specific EPUB 3 profile
or extension specification), use the \fB\-\-profile\fR option.
.TP
\fB\-\-profile\fR \fIdefault\fR
The default validation profile
.TP
\fB\-\-profile\fR \fIdict\fR
Validates against the EPUB Dictionaries and Glossaries specification
.TP
\fB\-\-profile\fR \fIedupub\fR
Validates against the EDUPUB Profile
.TP
\fB\-\-profile\fR \fIidx\fR
Validates against the EPUB Indexes specification
.TP
\fB\-\-profile\fR \fIpreview\fR
Validates against the EPUB Previews specification
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
\fBepubcheck\fR \fIfilename\fR
Perfom a simple validation check on an EPUB file
.TP
\fBepubcheck \-\-mode\fR \fIexp filename\fR
Perform a vaidation check on an expanded EPUB archive (add \fB\-\-save\fR to save the built epub)
.TP
\fBepubcheck \-\-mode\fR \fIxhtml\fR \fB\-v\fR \fI3.0 filename\fR
Perform a validation check on a single xhtml file from an EPUB 3
.SH AUTHORS
.PP
\fBepubcheck\fR development can be followed at: \fIhttps://github.com/w3c/epubcheck\fR
.PP
This man page was compiled from various sources by James Thomas \fI<dairy_water at yahoo dot co dot uk>\fR
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