TEXINDEX(1) User Commands TEXINDEX(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

texindex - sort Texinfo index files

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**texindex** \[*OPTION*]... *FILE*...

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Generate a sorted index for each TeX output FILE. Usually FILE... is specified as \`foo.??' for a document \`foo.texi'.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-h**, **--help**](#h)

display this help and exit

[**--version**](#version)

display version information and exit

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# [REPORTING BUGS](#REPORTING_BUGS)

Email bug reports to bug-texinfo@gnu.org, general questions and discussion to help-texinfo@gnu.org.  
Texinfo home page: https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

Copyright © 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>  
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

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

**info texindex**

should give you access to the complete manual.

August 2026 GNU texinfo 7.3

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Document: texindex(1) from texinfo 7.3-r8 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/texinfo.git