PTX(X)                         FSF                         PTX(X)



NAME
       ptx - produce a permuted index of file contents

SYNOPSIS
       ptx [OPTION]... [INPUT]...   (without -G)
       ptx -G [OPTION]... [INPUT [OUTPUT]]

DESCRIPTION
       Mandatory  arguments  to  long  options  are mandatory for
       short options too.

       -A, --auto-reference
              output automatically generated references

       -C, --copyright
              display Copyright and copying conditions

       -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, --format=roff
              generate output as roff 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

       -T, --format=tex
              generate output as TeX directives

       -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
              - not implemented -

       -w, --width=NUMBER
              output width in columns, reference excluded

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       With no FILE or if FILE is -, read Standard Input.  `-F /'
       by default.

AUTHOR
       Written by Franois Pinard.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free software; see the source for copying condi-
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
       or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The  full documentation for ptx is maintained as a Texinfo
       manual.   If  the  info  and  ptx  programs  are  properly
       installed at your site, the command

              info ptx

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU textutils 2.0           July 2001                      PTX(X)