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LILYPOND(1) User Commands LILYPOND(1)

LilyPond - manual page for LilyPond 2.23.6 (running Guile 1.8)

lilypond [OPTION]... FILE...

Typeset music and/or produce MIDI from FILE.

LilyPond produces beautiful music notation. For more information, see https://lilypond.org

-f, --formats=FORMATs
dump FORMAT,... Also as separate options:
--pdf
generate PDF files (default)
--svg
generate SVG files
--png
generate PNG files
--ps
generate PostScript files
-E, --eps
generate Encapsulated PostScript files
-O, --pspdfopt=KEY
set ps/pdf optimization to KEY, which is either 'size' (default), 'TeX', or 'TeX-GS'
-d, --define-default=SYM[=VAL]
set Scheme option SYM to VAL (default: '#t')
-d, --define-default=no-SYM
set Scheme option SYM to '#f'
-d, --define-default=help
show help for Scheme options
-e, --evaluate=EXPR
evaluate scheme code
-h, --help
show this help and exit
-H, --header=FIELD
dump \header field FIELD to file named BASENAME.FIELD
-I, --include=DIR
append DIR to search path
-i, --init=FILE
use FILE as init file
-j, --jail=USER,GROUP,JAIL,DIR
chroot to JAIL, become USER:GROUP and cd into DIR
-l, --loglevel=LOGLEVEL
print log messages according to LOGLEVEL, which is either NONE, ERROR, WARNING, BASIC, PROGRESS, INFO (default), or DEBUG
-o, --output=FILE
write output to FILE (suffix will be added) or to FOLDER, in which case the file name will be taken from the input file.
--relocate
(ignored)
-s, --silent
no progress, only error messages (equivalent to --loglevel=ERROR)
-v, --version
show version number and exit
-V, --verbose
be verbose (equivalent to --loglevel=DEBUG)
-w, --warranty
show warranty and copyright

You found a bug? Please read https://lilypond.org/bug-reports.html

Copyright © 1996--2022 by
Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xs4all.nl> Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> and others.

This program is free software. It is covered by the GNU General Public License and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Invoke as `lilypond --warranty' for more information.

The full documentation for LilyPond is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and LilyPond programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info LilyPond

should give you access to the complete manual.

June 2022 LilyPond 2.23.6 (running Guile 1.8)

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