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// * cli_reference/opm/cli-opm-ref.adoc

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= init

Generate an `olm.package` declarative config blob.

.Command syntax
[source,terminal]
----
$ opm init <package_name> [<flags>]
----

.`init` flags
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|Flag |Description

|`-c`, `--default-channel` (string)
|The channel that subscriptions will default to if unspecified.

|`-d`, `--description` (string)
|Path to the Operator's `README.md` or other documentation.

|`-i`, `--icon` (string)
|Path to package's icon.

|`-o`, `--output` (string)
|Output format: `json` (the default value) or `yaml`.

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