SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       Output  a  permuted index, including context, of the words in the input
       files.

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

       -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, --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

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

AUTHOR

       Written by F. Pinard.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software.  You may redistribute copies  of  it  under  the
       terms       of       the      GNU      General      Public      License
       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.  There is NO WARRANTY,  to  the
       extent permitted by law.

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 com-
       mand

              info ptx

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU coreutils 6.9                 March 2007                            PTX(1)