Manual: rust-ptx
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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)