---
name: "xindy.v2"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xindy"
version: "2.3-2"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xindy.v2"
---

# xindy.v2(1)

a flexible indexing system

## NAME

xindy - a fle**x**ible **ind**exing s**y**stem

## SYNOPSIS

- **xindy**

  \[**-t**\] \[**-l *logfile***\] \[**-o *outfile***\] \[**-f *filterprog***\] \[**-L *n***\] \[**-v**\] *indexstyle rawindex*

## DESCRIPTION

**xindy** is a general purpose index processor.

## OPTIONS

- **-o *outfile***

  Writes the tagged index to the specified file. If omitted, the name of the *rawindex* is used with its extension changed to **.ind**.

- **-l *logfile***

  Writes logging information into the specified file.

- **-f *nfilterprog***

  Run *filterprog* on *rawindex* before reading. The program must act as a filter reading from stdin and writing to stdout.

- **-L *n***

  Sets the logging level to *n with  n one of {1,2,3}*

- **-t**

  *Activates the* **markup-trace** *function. Writes symbolic* *markup-tags to the final index which can be used to trace the markup* *process.*

- **-v**

  *Display the version number.*

- **-help**

  *Show a summary of the command-line options.*

## SEE ALSO

*tex2xindy(1L),* *makeindex(1L),* *makeindex4(1L)*

*For detailed information about the format of the indexstyle and* *the rawindex refer to the documentation that comes with* **xindy***.*

## AUTHOR

*Roger Kehr, Institut fuer Theoretische Informatik, TH-Darmstadt*

## COPYING

*Copyright (c) 1996,1997 Roger Kehr.*

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*Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this* *manual into another language, under the above conditions for modified* *versions, except that this permission notice may be included in* *translations approved by the Free Software Foundation instead of in* *the original English.*