ptx1
Produce a permuted index of file contents
Usage
ptx [OPTION] ...
[INPUT] ...
(without
-G)
ptx -G
[OPTION] ...
[INPUT
[OUTPUT]]
Overview
Output a permuted index, including context, of the words in the input files.
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
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-A, --auto-reference -
output automatically generated references
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-G, --traditional -
behave more like System V 'ptx'
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-F, --flag-truncation=STRING -
use STRING for flagging line truncations. The default is '/'
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-M, --macro-name=STRING -
macro name to use instead of 'xx'
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-O, --format=roff -
generate output as roff directives
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-R, --right-side-refs -
put references at right, not counted in
-w
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-S, --sentence-regexp=REGEXP -
for end of lines or end of sentences
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-T, --format=tex -
generate output as TeX directives
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-W, --word-regexp=REGEXP -
use REGEXP to match each keyword
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-b, --break-file=FILE -
word break characters in this FILE
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-f, --ignore-case -
fold lower case to upper case for sorting
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-g, --gap-size=NUMBER -
gap size in columns between output fields
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-i, --ignore-file=FILE -
read ignore word list from FILE
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-o, --only-file=FILE -
read only word list from this FILE
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-r, --references -
first field of each line is a reference
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-t, --typeset-mode -
change the default width from 72 to 100
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-w, --width=NUMBER -
output width in columns, reference excluded
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--help -
display this help and exit
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--version -
output version information and exit
Releases
14 releases since Debian 2.2 (Potato); the text changed 13 times.
--typeset-mode since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
-t since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.
--copyright until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-C until Debian 4.0 (Etch).