sass
sass
TLDR
Convert a SCSS or Sass file to CSS and print out the result
Convert a SCSS or Sass file to CSS and save the result to a file
Watch a SCSS or Sass file for changes and output or update the CSS file with same filename
Watch a SCSS or Sass file for changes and output or update the CSS file with the given filename
SYNOPSIS
sass [options] [INPUT] [OUTPUT]
DESCRIPTION
Description:
Converts SCSS or Sass files to CSS.
Common Options:
- -I, --load-path PATH
Specify a Sass import path.
- -r, --require LIB
Require a Ruby library before running Sass.
- --compass
Make Compass imports available and load project configuration.
- -t, --style NAME
Output style. Can be nested (default), compact, compressed, or expanded.
- -?, -h, --help
Show this help message.
- -v, --version
Print the Sass version.
Watching and Updating:
- --watch
Watch files or directories for changes. The location of the generated CSS can be set using a colon:
- sass --watch input.sass:output.css
sass --watch input-dir:output-dir
- --poll
Check for file changes manually, rather than relying on the OS. Only meaningful for --watch.
- --update
Compile files or directories to CSS. Locations are set like --watch.
- -f, --force
Recompile every Sass file, even if the CSS file is newer. Only meaningful for --update.
- --stop-on-error
If a file fails to compile, exit immediately. Only meaningful for --watch and --update.
Input and Output:
- --scss
Use the CSS-superset SCSS syntax.
- --sourcemap=TYPE
How to link generated output to the source files. auto (default): relative paths where possible, file URIs elsewhere file: always absolute file URIs inline: include the source text in the sourcemap none: no sourcemaps
- -s, --stdin
Read input from standard input instead of an input file. This is the default if no input file is specified.
- -E, --default-encoding ENCODING
Specify the default encoding for input files.
- --unix-newlines
Use Unix-style newlines in written files. Always true on Unix.
- -g, --debug-info
Emit output that can be used by the FireSass Firebug plugin.
- -l, --line-numbers
Emit comments in the generated CSS indicating the corresponding source line.
--line-comments
Miscellaneous:
- -i, --interactive
Run an interactive SassScript shell.
- -c, --check
Just check syntax, don't evaluate.
- --precision NUMBER_OF_DIGITS How many digits of precision to use when outputting decimal numbers.
Defaults to 10.
- --cache-location PATH
The path to save parsed Sass files. Defaults to .sass-cache.
- -C, --no-cache
Don't cache parsed Sass files.
- --trace
Show a full Ruby stack trace on error.
- -q, --quiet
Silence warnings and status messages during compilation.