09-17-2001
ptx: i agree but that is why i said run it late.ie 11:56. most business should be done.
but w/ your example i completly agree and it is a great idea to get the date string first then sleep for 2 mins then finish.
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PTX(1) FSF PTX(1)
NAME
ptx - produce a permuted index of file contents
SYNOPSIS
ptx [OPTION]... [INPUT]... (without -G)
ptx -G [OPTION]... [INPUT [OUTPUT]]
DESCRIPTION
Output a permuted index, including context, of the words in the input files.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
-A, --auto-reference
output automatically generated references
-C, --copyright
display Copyright and copying conditions
-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
-t, --typeset-mode
- not implemented -
-w, --width=NUMBER
output width in columns, reference excluded
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
With no FILE or if FILE is -, read Standard Input. `-F /' by default.
AUTHOR
Written by Francois Pinard.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
LAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for ptx is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and ptx programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
info ptx
should give you access to the complete manual.
ptx (coreutils) 4.5.3 February 2003 PTX(1)