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LESSC

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NAME

lessc - Compiler for Less (Leaner Style Sheets) extension for CSS

DESCRIPTION

usage: lessc [option option=parameter ...] <source> [destination]

If source is set to ‘-’ (dash or hyphen-minus), input is read from stdin.

options:

-h , --help

Prints help (this message) and exit.

--include-path = PATHS

Sets include paths. Separated by ‘:’. ‘;’ also supported on windows.

-M , --depends

Outputs a makefile import dependency list to stdout.

--no-color

Disables colorized output.

--ie-compat

Enables IE8 compatibility checks.

--js

Enables inline JavaScript in less files

-l , --lint

Syntax check only (lint).

-s , --silent

Suppresses output of error messages.

--strict-imports

Forces evaluation of imports.

--insecure

Allows imports from insecure https hosts.

-v , --version

Prints version number and exit.

--verbose

Be verbose.

--source-map [= FILENAME ]

Outputs a v3 sourcemap to the filename (or output filename.map).

--source-map-rootpath = X

Adds this path onto the sourcemap filename and less file paths.

--source-map-basepath = X

Sets sourcemap base path, defaults to current working directory.

--source-map-include-source

Puts the less files into the map instead of referencing them.

--source-map-inline

Puts the map (and any less files) as a base64 data uri into the output css file.

--source-map-url = URL

Sets a custom URL to map file, for sourceMappingURL comment in generated CSS file.

--source-map-no-annotation

Excludes the sourceMappingURL comment from the output css file.

-rp , --rootpath = URL

Sets rootpath for url rewriting in relative imports and urls Works with or without the relative-urls option.

-ru= , --rewrite-urls=

Rewrites URLs to make them relative to the base less file.

all|local|off

’all’ rewrites all URLs, ’local’ just those starting with a ’.’

-m= , --math=

always

Less will eagerly perform math operations always.

parens-division

Math performed except for division (/) operator

parens | strict

Math only performed inside parentheses

strict-legacy

Parens required in very strict terms (legacy --strict-math )

-su = on |off

Allows mixed units, e.g. 1px+1em or 1px*1px which have units

--strict-units = on |off

that cannot be represented.

--global-var= ’VAR=VALUE’

Defines a variable that can be referenced by the file.

--modify-var= ’VAR=VALUE’

Modifies a variable already declared in the file.

--url-args= ’QUERYSTRING’

Adds params into url tokens (e.g. 42, cb=42 or ’a=1&b=2’)

--plugin = PLUGIN=OPTIONS

Loads a plugin. You can also omit the --plugin= if the plugin begins less-plugin. E.g. the clean css plugin is called less-plugin-clean-css once installed (npm install less-plugin-clean-css), use either with --plugin = less-plugin-clean-css or just --clean-css specify options afterwards e.g. --plugin = less-plugin-clean-css= "advanced" or --clean-css= "advanced"

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-sm = on |off

Legacy parens-only math. Use --math

--strict-math = on |off

--line-numbers = TYPE

Outputs filename and line numbers. TYPE can be either ’comments’, which will output the debug info within comments, ’mediaquery’ that will output the information within a fake media query which is compatible with the SASS format, and ’all’ which will do both.

-x , --compress

Compresses output by removing some whitespaces. We recommend you use a dedicated minifer like less-plugin-clean-css

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to: http://github.com/less/less.js/issues
Home page: <http://lesscss.org/>