lilypond

Typeset music and/or produce MIDI from file.

TLDR

Compile a lilypond file into a PDF

$ lilypond [path/to/file]

Compile into the specified format

$ lilypond --formats=[format_dump] [path/to/file]

Compile the specified file, suppressing progress updates

$ lilypond -s [path/to/file]

Compile the specified file, and also specify the output filename

$ lilypond --output=[path/to/output_file] [path/to/input_file]

Show the current version of lilypond

$ lilypond --version

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); use -dhelp for help
-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

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.