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page_title: "Commands: init"
sidebar_current: "docs-commands-init"
description: >
  Generate a skeleton jobspec template.
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# Command: init

The `init` command creates an example [job specification](/docs/jobspec/) in the current
directory that demonstrates some common configurations for tasks, tasks groups,
runtime constraints, and resource allocation.

Please refer to the [jobspec](/docs/jobspec/) and [drivers](/docs/drivers/)
pages to learn how to customize the template.

## Examples

Generate an example job file:

```
$ nomad init
Example job file written to example.nomad
```