runtexfile - Man Page
running a LaTeX document and get the command sequence from the document itself
Synopsis
runtexfile [options] <filename>
Description
This command parses comment lines in a latex document which start with %! HV and executes the following commands. For example %! HV lualatex --shell-escape In this case the <filename> given by the script will be used.
Options
- -h,--help
obvious ... :-)
- -V,--version
obvious ... :-)
- -v,--verbose
Give more informations into a log file
- <filename>
Must be the name of the main LaTeX document without the extension if it is .tex.
Examples
$ runtexfile test2
runs the testfile test2.tex
voss>examples:$ runtexfile test2 runtexfile version 0.02 Main file: test2 Filename = test2 running: lualatex --interaction=nonstopmode --shell-escape test2 Filename = test2 running: biber test2 Filename = test2 running: lualatex --interaction=nonstopmode --shell-escape test2 Filename = test2 running: xindex test2 Special filename = test2.vwx running: xindex --config DIN2 -l DE -o test2.vwd test2.vwx Special filename = test2.dbx running: xindex --config DIN2 -l DE -o test2.dbd test2.dbx Filename = test2 running: lualatex --interaction=nonstopmode --shell-escape test2 Filename = test2 running: lualatex --interaction=nonstopmode --shell-escape test2
See also
See runtexfile-doc.pdf for more details
Bugs
No known bugs.
Author
Herbert Voß (hvoss@tug.org)
License
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this software under the terms of the LaTeX Project Public License, version 1.3.
Info
8 oct 2025 0.06 runtexfile man page