PTX

ptx ? produce a permuted index of file contents

ptx [OPTION]... [INPUT]... (without -G)
ptx -G [OPTION]... [INPUT [OUTPUT]]

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

?A, ??auto?reference

output automatically generated references

?C, ??copyright

display Copyright and copying conditions

?G, ??traditional

behave more like System V ‘ptx’

?F, ??flag?truncation=STRING

use STRING for flagging line truncations

?M, ??macro?name=STRING

macro name to use instead of ‘xx’

?O, ??format=roff

generate output as roff directives

?R, ??right?side?refs

put references at right, not counted in ?w

?S, ??sentence?regexp=REGEXP

for end of lines or end of sentences

?T, ??format=tex

generate output as TeX directives

?W, ??word?regexp=REGEXP

use REGEXP to match each keyword

?b, ??break?file=FILE

word break characters in this FILE

?f, ??ignore?case

fold lower case to upper case for sorting

?g, ??gap?size=NUMBER

gap size in columns between output fields

?i, ??ignore?file=FILE

read ignore word list from FILE

?o, ??only?file=FILE

read only word list from this FILE

?r, ??references

first field of each line is a reference

?t, ??typeset?mode

- not implemented -

?w, ??width=NUMBER

output width in columns, reference excluded

??help

display this help and exit

??version

output version information and exit

With no FILE or if FILE is -, read Standard Input. ‘-F /’ by default.

Written by Fran篩s Pinard.

Copyright © 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

The full documentation for ptx is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and ptx programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info ptx

should give you access to the complete manual.