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`latex` — `.bashrc` function for latex2e source compilation

Here is my .bashrc function for compilation of L^ATEX2_e sources into dvi, ps and pdf output file formats. The function includes bibtex and index processing.

function ltex()
{
    if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
        FILE="paper";
    else
        FILE=`echo $1 | sed -e 's/..*//'`;
    fi
    if [ -f $FILE.tex ]; then
        latex $FILE.tex;
        bibtex $FILE.aux;
        makeindex $FILE;
        latex $FILE.tex;
        bibtex $FILE.aux;
        makeindex $FILE;
        #latex $FILE.tex && dvipdf $FILE.dvi;
        latex $FILE.tex && dvips -Ppdf -G0 $FILE.dvi -o $FILE.ps && ps2pdf14 $FILE.ps;
    fi
}

To use it, first add it to your .bashrc, then start a new shell. To compile L^ATEX2_e paper.tex source run

ltex paper # ©2007 dsplabs.com.au

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