1KPSEWHICH(1)                General Commands Manual               KPSEWHICH(1)
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NAME

6       kpsewhich - standalone path lookup and and expansion for kpathsea
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SYNOPSIS

9       kpsewhich [options] [filenames]
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DESCRIPTION

12       This  manual page is not meant to be exhaustive.  The complete documen‐
13       tation for this version of TeX can be found in the info file or  manual
14       Kpathsea: A library for path searching.
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16       kpsewhich  is  used  as  a standalone front-end of the kpathsea library
17       that can be used to examine variables and find files.  When the -format
18       option  is  not  given, the search path used when looking for a file is
19       inferred from the name given, by looking for a known extension.  If  no
20       known extension is found, the search path for TeX source files is used.
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OPTIONS

23       kpsewhich accepts the following options:
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25       -debug num
26              Set debugging flags.
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28       -D num Use a base resolution of num; the default, set by the installer,
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48              Use  file  type  name.   See the info manual for a list of valid
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51       -help  Print help message and exit.
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57              enable mktexfmt generation.  (fmt=pk/mf/tex/tfm)
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75              Output search path for file type name.  See the info manual  for
76              a  list  of  valid  names,  or use the -help option to print the
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SEE ALSO

86       mktexlsr(1), mktexmf(1), mktexpk(1), mktextfm(1).
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90Kpathsea 6.3.4                   1 March 2011                     KPSEWHICH(1)
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