runtexfile(1)                 runtexfile man page                runtexfile(1)

NAME
       runtexfile - running a LaTeX document and get the command sequence from
       the document itself

SYNOPSIS
       runtexfile [options] <filename>

DESCRIPTION
       This command parses comment lines in a latex document which start with
       %! HV and executes the following commands. For example %! HV lualatex
       --shell-escape In this case the <filename> given by the script will be
       used.


OPTIONS
       -h,--help
              obvious ... :-)

       -V,--version
              obvious ... :-)

       -v,--verbose
              Give more informations into a log file

       <filename>
              Must be the name of the main LaTeX document without the
              extension if it is .tex.

EXAMPLES
       $ runtexfile test2

       runs the testfile test2.tex

       voss>examples:$ runtexfile test2
       runtexfile version 0.02
       Main file: test2
       Filename = test2
       running: lualatex --interaction=nonstopmode --shell-escape test2
       Filename = test2
       running: biber  test2
       Filename = test2
       running: lualatex --interaction=nonstopmode --shell-escape test2
       Filename = test2
       running: xindex  test2
       Special filename = test2.vwx
       running: xindex  --config DIN2 -l DE -o test2.vwd test2.vwx
       Special filename = test2.dbx
       running: xindex  --config DIN2 -l DE -o test2.dbd test2.dbx
       Filename = test2
       running: lualatex --interaction=nonstopmode --shell-escape test2
       Filename = test2
       running: lualatex --interaction=nonstopmode --shell-escape test2



See also
       See runtexfile-doc.pdf for more details

BUGS
       No known bugs.

AUTHOR
       Herbert Voss (hvoss@tug.org)

LICENSE
       Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this software
       under the terms of the LaTeX Project Public License, version 1.3.

0.06                              8 oct 2025                     runtexfile(1)