means any characters but '/'

one and only one character but '/'

means any characters (used to recurse through directories)

To run the graphical user interface

To generate images using PNG format (default)

To generate images using SVG format

To generate images using EPS format

To generate images using PDF format

To generate images using VDX format

To generate XMI file for class diagram

To generate HTML files for class diagram

To generate images with ASCII art

To generate images with ASCII art using Unicode characters

To generate images in the specified directory

To set a preprocessing variable as if '!define VAR1 value' were used

To set a skin parameter as if 'skinparam param1 value' were used

recurse through directories

To read the provided config file before each diagram

To use a specific charset (default is UTF-8)

To exclude files that match the provided pattern

To retrieve PlantUML sources from PNG images

To display information about PlantUML and Java versions

To check if a newer version is available for download

To have log information

To NOT print error message into the console

To NOT delete temporary files after process

To display this help message

To test the installation of graphviz

To specify dot executable

To use stdin for PlantUML source and stdout for PNG/SVG/EPS generation

To encode a sprite at gray level (z for compression) from an image

To compute the encoded URL of a PlantUML source file

To retrieve the PlantUML source from an encoded URL

To report any syntax error from standard input without generating images

To print the list of PlantUML keywords

To disable the suggest engine when errors in diagrams

To check the syntax of files without generating images

To stop processing as soon as a syntax error in diagram occurs

To do a first syntax check before processing files, to fail even faster

To print the list of Regular Expression used by PlantUML

To print the duration of complete diagrams processing

To use (N) threads for processing

To use 4 threads for processing

To print information about PlantUML authors

To allow to overwrite read only files

To print fonts available on your system