hugo/docs/content/doc/usage.md

{ "title": "Using Hugo", "Pubdate": "2013-07-01" }

Make sure either hugo is in your path or provide a path to it.

$ hugo --help
usage: hugo [flags] []
  -b="": hostname (and path) to the root eg. http://spf13.com/
  -c="config.json": config file (default is path/config.json)
  -d=false: include content marked as draft
  -h=false: show this help
  -k=false: analyze content and provide feedback
  -p="": filesystem path to read files relative from
  -w=false: watch filesystem for changes and recreate as needed
  -s=false: a (very) simple webserver
  -p="1313": port for webserver to run on

Common Usage Example:

The most common use is probably to run hugo with your current directory being the input directory.

$ hugo
> X pages created
> Y indicies created

If you are working on things and want to see the changes immediately, tell Hugo to watch for changes.
It will recreate the site faster than you can tab over to your browser to view the changes.

$ hugo -p ~/mysite -w
   Watching for changes. Press ctrl+c to stop
   15 pages created
   0 tags created

Hugo can even run a server and create your site at the same time!

$hugo -p ~/mysite -w -s
   Watching for changes. Press ctrl+c to stop
   15 pages created
   0 tags created
   Web Server is available at http://localhost:1313
   Press ctrl+c to stop