User Commands						   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



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User Commands						   PTX(1)



     -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	F. Pinard.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report ptx	bugs to	bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU	     coreutils		   home		    page:
     <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
     General	    help	using	     GNU	software:
     <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2009 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	redistri-
     bute  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.









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