---
name: "pmx2pdf"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pmx"
version: "2.7.0.ctan20131214-1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://carta.tech/man/pmx2pdf"
---

# pmx2pdf(1)

This script processes pmx files and then deletes intermediate files

## NAME

pmx2pdf - This script processes pmx files and then deletes intermediate files

## SYNOPSIS

\[ texlua \] **pmx2pdf** { *option* \| *jobname* \[ .pmx \]  } ...

- The default effect is to process each file using

  - [**pmxab**(1)](/man/pmxab/1.md)

  (pre-processing pass)

- [**etex**(1)](/man/etex/1.md)

  (first pass)

- [**musixflx**(1)](/man/musixflx/1.md)

  (second pass)

- [**etex**(1)](/man/etex/1.md)

  (third pass)

- [**dvips**(1)](/man/dvips/1.md)

  (dvi to Postscript)

- [**ps2pdf**(1)](/man/ps2pdf/1.md)

  (Postscript to Portable Document Format)

- followed by removal of intermediate files.

  ## OPTIONS

- **-v**

  output program name and version number, and quit

- **-h**

  output usage summary and quit

- **-l**

  changes the TeX processor to [**latex**(1)](/man/latex/1.md) or [**pdflatex**(1)](/man/pdflatex/1.md)

- **-p**

  changes the TeX processor to  [**pdfetex**(1)](/man/pdfetex/1.md) or [**pdflatex**(1)](/man/pdflatex/1.md) (and doesn't run  [**dvips**(1)](/man/dvips/1.md) and  [**ps2pdf**(1)](/man/ps2pdf/1.md) or [**dvipdfm**(1)](/man/dvipdfm/1.md) )

- **-d**

  changes the dvi processor to [**dvipdfm**(1)](/man/dvipdfm/1.md)

- **-s**

  stops processing at the dvi file

- **-t**

  stops processing at the tex (and midi) files

- **-i**

  retain intermediate files

- **-c**

  preprocess using pmxchords

- **-F fmt**

  use fmt as the TeX processor

- **-f**

  default processing

- Options affect processing of all succeeding PMX files unless changed by another option.

  ## SEE ALSO

[**pmxab**(1)](/man/pmxab/1.md) [**scor2prt**(1)](/man/scor2prt/1.md) [**etex**(1)](/man/etex/1.md), [**latex**(1)](/man/latex/1.md), [**pdfetex**(1)](/man/pdfetex/1.md), [**pdflatex**(1)](/man/pdflatex/1.md), [**musixflx**(1)](/man/musixflx/1.md), [**dvipdfm**(1)](/man/dvipdfm/1.md), [**dvips**(1)](/man/dvips/1.md), [**ps2pdf**(1)](/man/ps2pdf/1.md), [**pmxchords**(1)](/man/pmxchords/1.md).\
 pmx270.pdf

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Bob Tennent \<rdt@cs.queensu.ca\>.