PTX(1)                                                    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

       -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-coreutilsATgnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>;
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>;
       Report ptx translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>;

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright   (C)   2010   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.



GNU coreutils 8.5                                         November 2010                                                   PTX(1)