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splitindex - manual page for splitindex 0.2a

splitindex.pl [OPTION]... RAWINDEXFILE [MAKEINDEXOPTION]...

splitindex [OPTION]... RAWINDEXFILE [MAKEINDEXOPTION]...

java splitindex [OPTION]... RAWINDEXFILE [MAKEINDEXOPTION]...

tex splitindex

splitindex 0.2a Copyright (c) 2002 Markus Kohm <>

Split a single raw index file into multiple raw index files.

Example: splitindex.pl foo.idx.

• -h, --help
      show this help and terminate
• -m, --makeindex PROGNAME
      call PROGNAME instead of default `makeindex'.
• -i, --identify EXPRESSION
      use regular EXPRESSION to match entries (see also option --resultis and --suffixis). Default is `^(\\indexentry)\[([^]]*)\](.*)$'.
• -r, --resultis PATTERN
      create line to be written from PATTERN after matching lines (see also option --identify). Default is `$1$3'.
• -s, --suffixis PATTERN
      create suffix to be used from PATTERN after matching lines (see also option --identify). Default is `-$2'.
• -v, --verbose
      be more verbose (can be used multiple to increase verbosity)
• --version
      show version and terminate

Copyright © 2002 Markus Kohm <>

The full documentation for

splitindex is maintained as a LaTeX manual. If the

texdoc and

splitindex programs are properly installed at your site, the command

texdoc splitidx

should give you access to the complete manual.