---
name: "ml-lex"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "smlnj"
version: "110.99.9-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ml-lex"
---

# ml-lex(1)

a scanner generator for \*Standard ML\*.

## NAME

ml-lex - a scanner generator for \*Standard ML\*.

## SYNOPSIS

**ml-lex** *file*

## DESCRIPTION

**ML-Lex** is a scanner generator for **Standard ML**.

This software is deprecated; we recommend using the [**ml-ulex**(1)](/ml-ulex/1.md) tool in **ml-lex**-compatibility mode instead.

## AUTHOR

[ml-lex(1)](/ml-lex/1.md) was written by James S. Mattson and David Tarditi.

## SEE-ALSO

[ml-ulex(1)](/ml-ulex/1.md)

*ML-Lex User’s Manual* \<https://smlnj.cs.uchicago.edu/doc/ML-Lex/manual.html\> (also included in the **SML/NJ** documentation).

## COPYING

Copyright © 2020 The Fellowship of SML/NJ

This is free software; see the source for copying  conditions.   There  is  NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.