CLUTTEX(1) General Commands Manual CLUTTEX(1)

cluttexa tool for processing TeX files

cluttex -e ENGINE [options] [--] FILE.tex

Process TeX files without cluttering your working directory.

The following options are accepted:

, --engine=ENGINE
Specify which TeX engine to use. ENGINE is one of the following: pdflatex, pdftex, lualatex, luatex, luajittex, xelatex, xetex, latex, etex, tex, platex, eptex, ptex, uplatex, euptex, uptex,
=COMMAND+OPTIONs
The actual TeX command to use. [default: ENGINE]
, --output=FILE
The name of output file. [default: JOBNAME.pdf or JOBNAME.dvi]
Clean intermediate files before running TeX. Cannot be used with --output-directory.
=N
Maximum number of running TeX to resolve cross-references. [default: 3]
Start with draft mode.
, --no-change-directory
Change directory before running TeX. [default: no]
[=ENGINE]
Watch input files for change. Requires fswatch or inotifywait to be installed. ENGINE is one of ‘fswatch’, ‘inotifywait’ or ‘auto’. [default: auto]
=OPTION
Pass OPTION to TeX as a single option.
=OPTIONs
Pass OPTIONs to TeX as multiple options.
=OPTION, --dvipdfmx-options=OPTIONs
Same for dvipdfmx.
=COMMAND+OPTIONs
Command to generate index, such as ‘makeindex’ or ‘mendex’.
=COMMAND+OPTIONs
Command for BibTeX, such as ‘bibtex’ or ‘pbibtex’.
[=COMMAND+OPTIONs]
Command for Biber.
[=COMMAND+OPTIONs]
Command for makeglossaries.
, --help
Print this message and exit.
, --version
Print version information and exit.
, --verbose
Be more verbose.
[=WHEN]
Make ClutTeX's message more colorful. WHEN is one of ‘always’, ‘auto’, or ‘never’. [default: ‘auto’ if Fl -color is omitted, ‘always’ if WHEN is omitted]
=NAMEs
Insert ‘\includeonly{NAMEs}’.
=FILE
Write dependencies as a Makefile rule.
Print the output directory and exit.
=PKG1[,PKG2,...]
Enable special support for some shell-escaping packages. Currently supported: minted, epstopdf.
=DRIVER
Check that the correct driver file is loaded. DRIVER is one of ‘dvipdfmx’, ‘dvips’, ‘dvisvgm’.
, --no-shell-escape
 
 
=NUMBER
 
=FMTNAME
 
, --no-file-line-error
[default: yes]
, --no-halt-on-error
[default: yes]
=STRING
[default: nonstopmode]
=STRING
 
=DIR
[default: somewhere in the temporary directory]
=FORMAT
FORMAT is ‘pdf’ or ‘dvi’. [default: pdf]

The cluttex utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

November 18, 2023 Linux 6.10.7-arch1-1