PTX(1)

NAME
ptx - produce a permuted index of file contents

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

DESCRIPTION

Output a permuted index, including context, of the words in the input files.

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

-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, --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.

AUTHOR
Written by Fran?ois Pinard.

REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
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 coreutils 'ptx invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.