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LILYPOND(1) User Commands LILYPOND(1) NAME LilyPond - manual page for LilyPond 2.27.1 (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' (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, ER- ROR, 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=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 Top-level directory of LilyPond's data tree: '/usr/local/share/lilypond/2.27.1' COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 1996--2026 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 Li- cense and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Invoke as `lilypond --warranty' for more information. 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 2.27.1 (running Guile ... August 2026 LILYPOND(1)
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