NAME

       LilyPond - manual page for LilyPond 2.24.1 (running Guile 2.2)

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, 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

       Copyright © 1996--2023 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.

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.