PTX(1)                      General Commands Manual                     PTX(1)

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 '-F /'.

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

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 '-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) 0.11.0

                                  2026-09-01                            PTX(1)