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.TH PTX 1 "2026-09-01"
.SH NAME
ptx \- 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 \*(Aq\-F /\*(Aq.
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBptx\fR [OPTION]... [INPUT]...
.br
\fBptx\fR \-G [OPTION]... [INPUT [OUTPUT]]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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 \*(Aq\-F /\*(Aq.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-A\fR, \fB\-\-auto\-reference\fR
output automatically generated references
.TP
\fB\-G\fR, \fB\-\-traditional\fR
behave more like System V \*(Aqptx\*(Aq
.TP
\fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-flag\-truncation\fR \fI<STRING>\fR
use STRING for flagging line truncations
.TP
\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-macro\-name\fR \fI<STRING>\fR
macro name to use instead of \*(Aqxx\*(Aq
.TP
\fB\-O\fR
generate output as roff directives
.TP
\fB\-T\fR
generate output as TeX directives
.TP
\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-right\-side\-refs\fR
put references at right, not counted in \-w
.TP
\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-sentence\-regexp\fR \fI<REGEXP>\fR
for end of lines or end of sentences
.TP
\fB\-W\fR, \fB\-\-word\-regexp\fR \fI<REGEXP>\fR
use REGEXP to match each keyword
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-break\-file\fR \fI<FILE>\fR
word break characters in this FILE
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-case\fR
fold lower case to upper case for sorting
.TP
\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-gap\-size\fR \fI<NUMBER>\fR
gap size in columns between output fields
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-file\fR \fI<FILE>\fR
read ignore word list from FILE
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-only\-file\fR \fI<FILE>\fR
read only word list from this FILE
.TP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-references\fR
first field of each line is a reference
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-typeset\-mode\fR
change the default width from 72 to 100
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-width\fR \fI<NUMBER>\fR
output width in columns, reference excluded
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Print help
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Print version
.SH VERSION
v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0