---
name: "rust-ptx"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "rust-coreutils"
version: "0.0.30-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rust-ptx"
---

# rust-ptx(1)

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 /'.

## 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** \[**-A**\|**--auto-reference**\] \[**-G**\|**--traditional**\] \[**-F**\|**--flag-truncation**\] \[**-M**\|**--macro-name**\] \[**-O**\|**--format=roff**\] \[**-R**\|**--right-side-refs**\] \[**-S**\|**--sentence-regexp**\] \[**-T**\|**--format=tex**\] \[**-W**\|**--word-regexp**\] \[**-b**\|**--break-file**\] \[**-f**\|**--ignore-case**\] \[**-g**\|**--gap-size**\] \[**-i**\|**--ignore-file**\] \[**-o**\|**--only-file**\] \[**-r**\|**--references**\] \[**-w**\|**--width**\] \[**-h**\|**--help**\] \[**-V**\|**--version**\] \[*file*\]

## 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**=*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

- **-r**, **--references**

  first field of each line is a reference

- **-w**, **--width**=*NUMBER*

  output width in columns, reference excluded

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print help

- **-V**, **--version**

  Print version

## VERSION

v0.0.30