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

6       LilyPond - manual page for LilyPond 2.19.84
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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,  which  is   either   'size'
32              (default), '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 help
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37       -e, --evaluate=EXPR
38              evaluate scheme code
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40       -h, --help
41              show this help and exit
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43       -H, --header=FIELD
44              dump \header field FIELD to file named BASENAME.FIELD
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46       -I, --include=DIR
47              append DIR to search path
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49       -i, --init=FILE
50              use FILE as init file
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52       -j, --jail=USER,GROUP,JAIL,DIR
53              chroot to JAIL, become USER:GROUP and cd into DIR
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55       -l, --loglevel=LOGLEVEL
56              print  log messages according to LOGLEVEL, which is either NONE,
57              ERROR, WARNING, BASIC, PROGRESS, INFO (default), or DEBUG
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59       -o, --output=FILE
60              write output to FILE (suffix will be added)  or  to  FOLDER,  in
61              which case the file name will be taken from the input file.
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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
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70       -v, --version
71              show version number and exit
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73       -V, --verbose
74              be verbose (equivalent to --loglevel=DEBUG)
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76       -w, --warranty
77              show warranty and copyright
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79       You found a bug? Please read http://lilypond.org/bug-reports.html
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82       Copyright © 1996--2015 by
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84              Han-Wen  Nienhuys  <hanwen@xs4all.nl>  Jan  Nieuwenhuizen  <jan‐
85              neke@gnu.org> and others.
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87       This program is free software.  It is covered by the GNU General Public
88       License and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it
89       under  certain  conditions.   Invoke  as `lilypond --warranty' for more
90       information.
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SEE ALSO

93       The full documentation for LilyPond is maintained as a Texinfo  manual.
94       If  the info and LilyPond programs are properly installed at your site,
95       the command
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97              info LilyPond
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99       should give you access to the complete manual.
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103LilyPond 2.19.84                 February 2020                     LILYPOND(1)
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