uu-ptx(1)

uu-ptx1

Produce a permuted index of file contents output a permuted index, including context, of the words in the input files. mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. with no file, or when file is -, read standard input. default is '-f /'.

Usage

ptx [OPTION] ... [INPUT] ...

ptx -G [OPTION] ... [INPUT [OUTPUT]]

Overview

Produce a permuted index of file contents Output a permuted index, including context, of the words in the input files. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. Default is '-F /'.

Options

-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

generate output as roff directives

-T

generate output as TeX 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

-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

change the default width from 72 to 100

-w, --width <NUMBER>

output width in columns, reference excluded

-h, --help

Print help

-V, --version

Print version

Version

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0

From uutils-coreutils 0.12.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.