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LILYPOND(1)			 User Commands			   LILYPOND(1)

NAME
       LilyPond	- manual page for LilyPond 2.25.23 (running Guile 3.0)

SYNOPSIS
       lilypond	[OPTION]... FILE...

DESCRIPTION
       Typeset music and/or produce MIDI from FILE.

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

OPTIONS
       -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'  (de-
	      fault), '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, WARN, 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=ER-
	      ROR)

       -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
       Copyright (C) 1996--2023	by

	      Han-Wen  Nienhuys	 <hanwen@xs4all.nl>  Jan  Nieuwenhuizen	 <jan-
	      neke@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 in-
       formation.

SEE ALSO
       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.

LilyPond 2.25.23 (running Guile... May 2025			   LILYPOND(1)

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