L^ATEX2HTML is a program for creating hyperlinked sets of HTML pages from a document marked-up using L^ATEX commands. Previous sections have discussed the results of specific L^ATEX commands. In this section we discuss instead the extensive range of command-line switches and options, and other aspects of Perl code, that affect the way the translation is performed.

To use L^ATEX2HTML to translate a file <file>.tex containing L^ATEX commands, type:

latex2html <file>.tex

    
This will create a new directory called <file> which will contain the generated HTML files, some log files and possibly some images. To view the result use an HTML browser, such as NCSA Mosaic or Netscape Navigator, on the main HTML file which is <file>/<file>.html. The file will contain navigation links to the other parts of the generated document.   
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The .tex suffix is optional and will be supplied by the program if it is omitted by the user. Other suffixes are acceptable also, such as .doc.
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It is possible to customise the output from L^ATEX2HTML using a number of command-line options with which you can specify:

• how to break up the document;
• where to put the generated files, and what are their names;
• the title for the whole document;
• the signature at the end of each page is;
• how many navigation panels to provide, what links to put in them;
• what other documents this one links to;
• extra information to include about the document;
• whether to retain the original L^ATEX section-numbering scheme;
• and many other things that affect how the information is obtained, processed or displayed in the resulting .html files and images.

 
The L^ATEX2HTML script includes a short manual which can be viewed with the command:

  nroff -man latex2html