NAME

       LilyPond - manual page for LilyPond 2.24.4 (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.

LilyPond 2.24.4 (running Guile 2.2)               February 2025                                      LILYPOND(1)