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texindex(1)

sort Texinfo index files

NAME

texindex - sort Texinfo index files

SYNOPSIS

texindex [OPTION]... FILE...

DESCRIPTION

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

OPTIONS

-h, --help

display this help and exit

--version

display version information and exit

--

end option processing

REPORTING BUGS

Email bug reports to [email protected], general questions and discussion to [email protected].
Texinfo home page: https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/

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

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.

History

-- since Debian 9 (Stretch); -h since Debian 2.2 (Potato).

--debug until Debian 2.1 (Slink); --error-limit until Debian 2.1 (Slink); --fill-column until Debian 2.1 (Slink); --footnote-style until Debian 2.1 (Slink); --keep until Debian 4.0 (Etch); --no-headers until Debian 2.1 (Slink); --no-keep until Debian 4.0 (Etch); --no-split until Debian 2.1 (Slink); --no-validate until Debian 2.1 (Slink); --no-warn until Debian 2.1 (Slink); --output until Debian 8 (Jessie); --paragraph-indent until Debian 2.1 (Slink); --reference-limit until Debian 2.1 (Slink); --texinfo until Debian 2.1 (Slink); --verbose until Debian 2.1 (Slink); -D until Debian 2.1 (Slink); -E until Debian 2.1 (Slink); -I until Debian 2.1 (Slink); -U until Debian 2.1 (Slink); -k until Debian 4.0 (Etch); -o until Debian 8 (Jessie); -t until Debian 2.1 (Slink).