lintex(1) General Commands Manual lintex(1)
NAME
lintex - removes TeX-related garbage files
SYNOPSIS
lintex [ -i ] [ -r ] [ -b ext ] [ -p ] [ -k ] [ -o ] [ -q ] [ -v ] [ -d ] [ dir [ dir ... ]]
DESCRIPTION
lintex is a program that removes TeX-related auxiliary files, normally not needed after a successful TeX run (i.e. log, aux, dvi, ...
files); they are actually removed only if their modification timestamp is more recent than the one of the related TeX source and if they
aren't readonly. In addition, all the backup files that your favorite editor has generated are also removed.
OPTIONS
-i Asks the user permission before actually removing any file.
-r The given directories are scanned recursively; i.e., if they contain any subdirectory structure, all the tree will be cleaned up.
-b ext ext is the trailer string (the 'extension') that identifies the backup files generated by your editor, e.g. -b .bak; ext defaults
to ~ (the tilde character), i.e. to the emacs convention. If ext includes characters having a special meaning for the shell, it
must be enclosed in quotes: e.g. -b "~" (equivalent to the default). Specifying the null string, as in -b "", inhibits the cleanup
of any special file.
-p Pretends, show what files would be removed but don't actually remove them.
-k Keeps final documents (.pdf, .ps, .dvi).
-o Permits the removal of files older than their sources.
-q Quiet, only prints error messages.
-v Verbose, prints which files were removed and which weren't.
-d Debug, prints the answers to all of life's questions.
PARAMETERS
dir The name(s), separated by whitespace, of one or more directories to be cleaned; if missing, the default is the current directory.
EXTENSIONS THAT GET REMOVED
All files ending in the following extensions may be removed when appropriate:
.aux, .bbl, .blg, .dvi, .idx, .ilg, .ind, .lof, .log, .lot, .nav, .out, .pdf, .ps, .snm, .thm, .toc, .toc.old, .synctex.gz
AUTHOR
lintex was written by Maurizio Loreti <Maurizio_Loreti@gmail.com> between 1996 and 2002.
As of 2010, lintex is maintained by Ryan Kavanagh <ryanakca@kubuntu.org>. It features several extensions/bug fixes. Feel free to email him
with your comments and suggestions.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1996-2002 Maurizio Loreti <Maurizio_Loreti@gmail.com>
Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Ryan Kavanagh <ryanakca@kubuntu.org>
lintex is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
lintex is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License (here included in the file COPYING), for more details.
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