ptx
[options
] [infile
[outfile]
]
Solaris 2.0 only. Generate a permuted index from
infile
and send output to
outfile
. (Standard input and output are the defaults.) To print the index, format the output file using the
-mptx
option to nroff or troff.
file
In addition to using tab, space, and newline, use the characters in
file
as word separators.
Fold uppercase and lowercase; i.e., ignore case when sorting keywords.
n
Set column gaps in output to
n
characters.
file
Ignore keywords listed in
file
. Default
file
is
/usr/lib/eign
.
file
Use only the words in
file
as keywords (inverse of
-i
).
Use the first field of
infile
as a reference ID. This field does not get permuted but appears as the last field of the output.
Prepare output for phototypesetting (default line length is 100 characters).
n
Produce output lines
n
characters wide (default is 72).
Given a three-line input file ptx.in :
ar(1) ar: archive and library maintainer at(1) at: execute commands at a later time awk(1) awk: pattern scanning language
A permuted index could be generated as follows:
ptx -f -i ignore -w 80 -r ptx.in > ptx.out
troff -mptx
options
ptx.out |spooler
In this case, ptx merges uppercase and lowercase ( -f ) ignores a list of keywords ( -i ), uses 80-character output lines ( -w ), and appends the first word (the command name) as a section reference ( -r ).