NYINDEX(1)

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✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, welcome to NYINDEX(1) — this is the General Commands Manual page for nyindex, and it's literally the tool to print an index of specialized-format patches. 💅 no cap.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

nyindex pam options [ print ] [ .go ]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so nyindex is a tool in the Nypatchy suite of programs for working with Patchy Master Files (PAM files) — see nypatchy(1). specifically, it can output a table of contents and/or index for these files. that's the whole vibe. 💖

🎀 USAGE 🎀

okay so here's how it goes: the parameter pam is the name of the PAM file (a default extension of ".car" is assumed), print is the output file to write to (the default is standard output if omitted), and options is a sequence of single-character flags.

the command should be ended with .go unless one wants to enter the Nypatchy interactive shell. periodt. ✨

💅 OPTIONS 💅

heads up bestie: options should be given as a single string of characters with no space separation and no use of the - character (except that it can be used in place of the options field if no options are desired). Alphabetic options are not case-sensitive. iykyk 🫶
  • B — prints a bare table of contents with no comments. clean, minimal, iconic. 💅
  • H — prints help information only. just the help, nothing else. 🦋
  • P — patch names only in the table of contents. keeping it cute and patch-focused. 🌸
  • Q — quick mode: suppresses the table of contents. no TOC, just vibes. ✨
  • X — suppresses the index of patch, deck, and sequence names. bye bye index stuff. 💀
  • Y — suppresses the index of deck and sequence names. deck and sequence? not today. 🙈
  • Z — suppresses the index of sequence names. sequence names are lowkey silenced. 🔇
  • n — for n a number from 0 to 4 inclusive, assume 58, 62, 74, 84, or 98 lines per page in the output. (the default is 110 lines per page.) for n a number greater than or equal to 20, use that specific number of lines per page. slay those page breaks. 🔥
  • + — inhibits the initial page-eject. no first-page yeet. 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

also: the reference manual for the Nypatchy suite of programs is available in compressed PostScript format at the following URL: http://wwwasdoc.web.cern.ch/wwwasdoc/psdir/p5refman.ps.gz — go read it bestie, it's giving vintage web energy. 💖

and running the command "nyindex help .no" also gives some brief help on usage. 🦋

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this manual page was written by Kevin McCarty <kmccarty@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). it is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later (at your choice). we stan a legend who writes manpages fr fr. 💜

Copyright (C) Kevin B. McCarty, 2008.

and that's the whole page, bestie 🎀 — this iconic piece of documentation is from the NYINDEX(1) manual and is dated Mar 12, 2008. go forth and index those patches. 💅✨

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