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Manual: rust-ptx

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   [-A|--auto-reference]   [-G|--traditional]	  [-F|--flag-truncation]   [-M|--macro-name]	[-O    ]    [-T	   ]
       [-R|--right-side-refs] [-S|--sentence-regexp] [-W|--word-regexp] [-b|--break-file] [-f|--ignore-case] [-g|--gap-size]
       [-i|--ignore-file]  [-o|--only-file]  [-r|--references]	[-t|--typeset-mode]  [-w|--width] [-h|--help] [-V|--version]
       [file]

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 
	      use STRING for flagging line truncations

       -M, --macro-name 
	      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 
	      for end of lines or end of sentences

       -W, --word-regexp 
	      use REGEXP to match each keyword

       -b, --break-file 
	      word break characters in this FILE

       -f, --ignore-case
	      fold lower case to upper case for sorting

       -g, --gap-size 
	      gap size in columns between output fields

       -i, --ignore-file 
	      read ignore word list from FILE

       -o, --only-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 
	      output width in columns, reference excluded

       -h, --help
	      Print help

       -V, --version
	      Print version

VERSION
       v(uutils coreutils) 0.8.0

							 2026-04-16						      PTX(1)