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ptx - ptx

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS 

NAME

ptx − ptx

SYNOPSIS

ptx [OPTION]... [INPUT]...

DESCRIPTION

Produce a permuted index of file contents Output a permuted index, including context, of the words in the input files. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. With no FILE, or when FILE is −, read standard input. Default is ’−F /’.

ptx −G [OPTION]... [INPUT [OUTPUT]]

OPTIONS

−A, −−auto−reference

output automatically generated references

−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

generate output as roff directives

−T

generate output as TeX 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

−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

−w, −−width <NUMBER>

output width in columns, reference excluded

−h, −−help

Print help

−V, −−version

Print version


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