GNU LilyPond 2.18.2 Copyright (c) 1996--2012 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.

Usage: lilypond [OPTION]... FILE... Typeset music and/or produce MIDI from FILE. LilyPond produces beautiful music notation. For more information, see http://lilypond.org Options: -d, --define-default=SYM[=VAL] set Scheme option SYM to VAL (default: #t). Use -dhelp for help. -e, --evaluate=EXPR evaluate scheme code -f, --formats=FORMATs dump FORMAT,... Also as separate options: --pdf generate PDF (default) --png generate PNG --ps generate PostScript -h, --help show this help and exit -H, --header=FIELD dump header field FIELD to file named BASENAME.FIELD -I, --include=DIR add 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. Possible values are: NONE, ERROR, WARNING, BASIC, PROGRESS, INFO (default) and DEBUG. -o, --output=FILE write output to FILE (suffix will be added) --relocate relocate using directory of lilypond program -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 Report bugs via http://post.gmane.org/post.php?group=gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.bugs