Usage: pdftex [OPTION]... [TEXNAME[.tex]] [COMMANDS] or: pdftex [OPTION]... \FIRST-LINE or: pdftex [OPTION]... &FMT ARGS Run pdfTeX on TEXNAME, usually creating TEXNAME.pdf. Any remaining COMMANDS are processed as pdfTeX input, after TEXNAME is read. If the first line of TEXNAME is %&FMT, and FMT is an existing .fmt file, use it. Else use `NAME.fmt', where NAME is the program invocation name, most commonly `pdftex'. Alternatively, if the first non-option argument begins with a backslash, interpret all non-option arguments as a line of pdfTeX input. Alternatively, if the first non-option argument begins with a &, the next word is taken as the FMT to read, overriding all else. Any remaining arguments are processed as above. If no arguments or options are specified, prompt for input. -cnf-line=STRING parse STRING as a configuration file line -draftmode switch on draft mode (generates no output PDF) -enc enable encTeX extensions such as \mubyte -etex enable e-TeX extensions [-no]-file-line-error disable/enable file:line:error style messages -fmt=FMTNAME use FMTNAME instead of program name or a %& line -halt-on-error stop processing at the first error -ini be pdfinitex, for dumping formats; this is implicitly true if the program name is `pdfinitex' -interaction=STRING set interaction mode (STRING=batchmode/nonstopmode/ scrollmode/errorstopmode) -ipc send DVI output to a socket as well as the usual output file -ipc-start as -ipc, and also start the server at the other end -jobname=STRING set the job name to STRING -kpathsea-debug=NUMBER set path searching debugging flags according to the bits of NUMBER [-no]-mktex=FMT disable/enable mktexFMT generation (FMT=tex/tfm/pk) -mltex enable MLTeX extensions such as \charsubdef -output-comment=STRING use STRING for DVI file comment instead of date (no effect for PDF) -output-directory=DIR use existing DIR as the directory to write files in -output-format=FORMAT use FORMAT for job output; FORMAT is `dvi' or `pdf' [-no]-parse-first-line disable/enable parsing of first line of input file -progname=STRING set program (and fmt) name to STRING -recorder enable filename recorder [-no]-shell-escape disable/enable \write18{SHELL COMMAND} -shell-restricted enable restricted \write18 -src-specials insert source specials into the DVI file -src-specials=WHERE insert source specials in certain places of the DVI file. WHERE is a comma-separated value list: cr display hbox math par parend vbox -synctex=NUMBER generate SyncTeX data for previewers according to bits of NUMBER (`man synctex' for details) -translate-file=TCXNAME use the TCX file TCXNAME -8bit make all characters printable by default -help display this help and exit -version output version information and exit pdfTeX home page: Email bug reports to pdftex@tug.org (https://lists.tug.org/pdftex). pdfTeX 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.25 (TeX Live 2023) kpathsea version 6.3.5 Copyright 2023 Han The Thanh (pdfTeX) et al. There is NO warranty. Redistribution of this software is covered by the terms of both the pdfTeX copyright and the Lesser GNU General Public License. For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING and the pdfTeX source. Primary author of pdfTeX: Han The Thanh (pdfTeX) et al. Compiled with libpng 1.6.39; using libpng 1.6.39 Compiled with zlib 1.2.13; using zlib 1.2.13 Compiled with xpdf version 4.04