Passing command-line arguments to LaTeX document
arguments, command-line, latex
Solution
Yup, something like:
latex "\def\myvar{info-to-pass} \input{<filename>}"
should do you. You can then use \myvar in your document.
The `\input{...}` specifies the filename for the `latex` command.
Problem
I have a LaTeX file, 'myfile.tex' say, that sometime in the middle of the code an ASCII file with LaTeX macros has to be input, 'macrofile.tex, say, through an '\input{macrofile}' command. Actually, there are more than one 'macrofiles', so every time I have to edit 'myfile' and change the name of 'macrofile'. I can avoid the edit part by using a \typein command, yet, I'd still have to enter the name from the keyboard. Is there any way to do that from the command line? So, to summarize, 'myfile.tex' looks like: ``` \documentclass{article} ........................ ....................... ....................... \begin{document} ....................... ...................... ....................... ....................... ........................ ....................... \input{macrofile1} OR {macrofile2} OR {macrofile3} ETC... ....................... ...................... ...................... .................... ..................... \end{document} ``` Can I pass the name of 'macrofile' as an argument to 'myfile.tex'? Thanks John