Command Line

Installation

via npm:

$ npm install jade --global

Usage

$ jade [options] [dir|file ...]

Options

-h, --help             output usage information
-V, --version          output the version number
-O, --obj <path|str>   JavaScript options object or JSON file containing it
-o, --out <dir>        output the compiled html to <dir>
-p, --path <path>      filename used to resolve includes
-P, --pretty           compile pretty html output
-c, --client           compile function for client-side runtime.js
-n, --name <str>       the name of the compiled template (requires --client)
-D, --no-debug         compile without debugging (smaller functions)
-w, --watch            watch files for changes and automatically re-render
-E, --extension <ext>  specify the output file extension
--name-after-file      name the template after the last section of the file path
                       (requires --client and overriden by --name)
--doctype <str>        specify the doctype on the command line (useful if it
                       is not specified by the template)

Examples

Translate jade the templates dir:

$ jade templates

Create {foo,bar}.html

$ jade {foo,bar}.jade

Jade over stdio

$ jade < my.jade > my.html

Jade over stdio

$ echo "h1 Jade!" | jade

foo, bar dirs rendering to /tmp

$ jade foo bar --out /tmp