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/usr/bin/ptx

Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils.

From uutils 0.12.0-r6 (os), captured 2026-11-07 by running ptx --help (exit 0). permalink

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 /'.

Usage: ptx [OPTION]... [INPUT]...
       ptx -G [OPTION]... [INPUT [OUTPUT]]

Options:
  -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                              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 <REGEXP>  for end of lines or end of sentences
  -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              change the default width from 72 to 100
  -w, --width <NUMBER>            output width in columns, reference excluded
  -h, --help                      Print help
  -V, --version                   Print version
Options (19)
OptionDescriptionSource
-A, --auto-referenceoutput automatically generated referenceshelp + man
-G, --traditionalbehave more like System V 'ptx'help + man
-F, --flag-truncation STRINGuse STRING for flagging line truncationshelp + man
-M, --macro-name STRINGmacro name to use instead of 'xx'help + man
-Ogenerate output as roff directiveshelp + man
-Tgenerate output as TeX directiveshelp + man
-R, --right-side-refsput references at right, not counted in -whelp + man
-S, --sentence-regexp REGEXPfor end of lines or end of sentenceshelp + man
-W, --word-regexp REGEXPuse REGEXP to match each keywordhelp + man
-b, --break-file FILEword break characters in this FILEhelp + man
-f, --ignore-casefold lower case to upper case for sortinghelp + man
-g, --gap-size NUMBERgap size in columns between output fieldshelp + man
-i, --ignore-file FILEread ignore word list from FILEhelp + man
-o, --only-file FILEread only word list from this FILEhelp + man
-r, --referencesfirst field of each line is a referencehelp + man
-t, --typeset-modechange the default width from 72 to 100help + man
-w, --width NUMBERoutput width in columns, reference excludedhelp + man
-h, --helpPrint helphelp + man
-V, --versionPrint versionhelp + man

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.