Pelican Command Cheatsheet

General Commands

1. Create a new site: bash pelican-quickstart

2. Generate site: bash pelican content

3. Regenerate site on changes: bash pelican content -r

4. Preview site: bash pelican --listen

5. Publish site: bash pelican content -s publishconf.py

Content Management

1. Specify content path: bash pelican /path/to/content

2. Specify output path: bash pelican /path/to/content -o /path/to/output

3. Specify configuration file: bash pelican /path/to/content -s /path/to/config.py

Debugging and Development

1. Show help: bash pelican --help

2. Verbose output: bash pelican /path/to/content -v

3. Debug output: bash pelican /path/to/content -D

4. Ignore cache: bash pelican /path/to/content --ignore-cache

Themes and Plugins

1. Specify theme: bash pelican /path/to/content -t /path/to/theme

2. List available plugins: bash pelican-plugins

Server Commands

1. Start a simple HTTP server: bash pelican --listen

2. Specify server address and port: bash pelican --listen --port 8000 --bind 127.0.0.1

Miscellaneous

1. Clear output directory: bash pelican content --delete-output-directory

2. Relative URLs: bash pelican content -r --relative-urls

3. Print version: bash pelican --version