1LILYPOND(1)                      User Commands                     LILYPOND(1)
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NAME

6       LilyPond - manual page for LilyPond 2.19.83
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SYNOPSIS

9       lilypond [OPTION]... FILE...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Typeset music and/or produce MIDI from FILE.
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14       LilyPond  produces beautiful music notation.  For more information, see
15       http://lilypond.org
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OPTIONS

18       -f, --formats=FORMATs
19              dump FORMAT,...  Also as separate options:
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21       --pdf  generate PDF files (default)
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23       --png  generate PNG files
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25       --ps   generate PostScript files
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27       -E, --eps
28              generate Encapsulated PostScript files
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30       -O, --pspdfopt=KEY
31              set ps/pdf optimization to KEY (default:  size)  KEY  is  either
32              'size', 'TeX' or 'TeX-GS'
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34       -d, --define-default=SYM[=VAL]
35              set  Scheme  option  SYM  to  VAL (default: #t).  Use -dhelp for
36              help.
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38       -e, --evaluate=EXPR
39              evaluate scheme code
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41       -h, --help
42              show this help and exit
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44       -H, --header=FIELD
45              dump header field FIELD to file named BASENAME.FIELD
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47       -I, --include=DIR
48              add DIR to search path
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50       -i, --init=FILE
51              use FILE as init file
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53       -j, --jail=USER, GROUP, JAIL, DIR
54              chroot to JAIL, become USER:GROUP and cd into DIR
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56       -l, --loglevel=LOGLEVEL
57              print log messages according to LOGLEVEL.  Possible values  are:
58              NONE, ERROR, WARNING, BASIC, PROGRESS, INFO (default) and DEBUG.
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60       -o, --output=FILE
61              write output to FILE (suffix will be added)
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63       --relocate
64              relocate using directory of lilypond program
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66       -s, --silent
67              no progress, only error messages (equivalent to loglevel=ERROR)
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69       -v, --version
70              show version number and exit
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72       -V, --verbose
73              be verbose (equivalent to loglevel=DEBUG)
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75       -w, --warranty
76              show warranty and copyright
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78       You found a bug? Please read http://lilypond.org/bug-reports.html
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81       Copyright © 1996--2015 by
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83              Han-Wen  Nienhuys  <hanwen@xs4all.nl>  Jan  Nieuwenhuizen  <jan‐
84              neke@gnu.org> and others.
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86       This program is free software.  It is covered by the GNU General Public
87       License and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it
88       under certain conditions.  Invoke as  `lilypond  --warranty'  for  more
89       information.
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SEE ALSO

92       The  full documentation for LilyPond is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
93       If the info and LilyPond programs are properly installed at your  site,
94       the command
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96              info LilyPond
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98       should give you access to the complete manual.
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102LilyPond 2.19.83                   July 2019                       LILYPOND(1)
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