FINDTEXMF(1)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so this is findtexmf, the main character of the FINDTEXMF(1) page in the User Commands manual — and it literally searches for files in MiKTeX directories. bestie, it’s your file-finding bestie for MiKTeX. 💖

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

findtexmf [option...] file...

you give it options if you want, plus the file(s), and it does its thing. periodt. ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

findtexmf can be used to find files in the MiKTeX directories. that’s the whole vibe. 💅

When the -file-type option is not given, the search path used when looking for a file is inferred from the name given, by looking for a known extension. If no known extension is found, the search path for TeX source files is used. no cap, that’s the rule. 🦋

💅 OPTIONS 💅

here’s the whole menu, no skips:

• --alias=name — pretend to be name when finding files. 🎀
• --help — give help and exit. bye bestie 👋
• --file-type=filetype — use the specified file type (peep the list below). 💖
• --list-file-types — print known file types. ✨
• --must-exist — allow installation of a packacke if a file should exist because it is a part of the package. yes, that spelling is exactly what the page says, we’re keeping it. 🫶
• --show-path=filetype — print the search path for the specified file type (see below). 🌸
• --start — start the associated program, if the file was found. 🔥
• --the-name-of-the-game=name — set the name of the engine. relevant when searching for format files. 👑
• --version — show version information and exit. 💀

🌸 FILE TYPES 🌸

these are the known file types, with their extensions in parentheses — copied exactly, fr fr:

• afm — (.afm)
• base — (.base)
• bib — (.bib)
• bst — (.bst)
• cid maps — (.cid:.cidmap)
• clua — (.dll:.so)
• cweb — (.w)
• dvi — (.dvi)
• enc — (.enc)
• executables — ()
• font feature files — (.fea)
• fmt — (.fmt)
• hbf — (.hbf)
• graphic/figure — (.eps:.epsi:.png)
• gf — (.gf)
• ist — (.ist)
• lig files — (.lig)
• lua — (.lua:.luatex:.luc:.luctex:.texlua:.texluc:.tlu)
• map — (.map)
• mem — (.mem)
• mf — (.mf)
• mfpool — (.pool)
• mft — (.mft)
• mlbib — (.mlbib:.bib)
• mlbst — (.bst)
• mp — (.mp)
• mppool — (.pool)
• ocp — (.ocp)
• ofm — (.ofm:.tfm)
• opl — (.opl)
• opentype fonts — (.otf)
• otp — (.otp)
• ovf — (.ovf)
• ovp — (.ovp)
• pk — (.pk)
• PostScript header — (.pro:.enc)
• subfont definition files — (.sfd)
• tcx — (.tcx)
• tex — (.tex)
• texpool — (.pool)
• TeX system documentation — (.pdf:.html:.md:.txt:.ps:.dvi)
• tfm — (.tfm)
• truetype fonts — (.ttf:.ttc)
• type1 fonts — (.pfb:.pfa)
• type42 fonts — (.t42:.T42)
• vf — (.vf)
• web — (.web)

💖 source/version + date sign-off: MiKTeX 25.12, December 29, 2025. byeee, bestie 🫶💅