Usage: tex [OPTION]... [TEXNAME[.tex]] [COMMANDS]
   or: tex [OPTION]... \FIRST-LINE
   or: tex [OPTION]... &FMT ARGS

-enc                    enable encTeX extensions such as \mubyte
[-no]-file-line-error   disable/enable file:line:error style messages
-fmt=FMTNAME            use FMTNAME instead of program name or a & line
-halt-on-error          stop processing at the first error
-ini                    be initex, for dumping formats; this is implicitly
                          true if the program name is `initex'
-interaction=STRING     set interaction mode (STRING=batchmode/nonstopmode/
                          scrollmode/errorstopmode)
-ipc                    send DVI output to a socket as well as the usual
                          output file
-ipc-start              as -ipc, and also start the server at the other end
-jobname=STRING         set the job name to STRING
-kpathsea-debug=NUMBER  set path searching debugging flags according to
                          the bits of NUMBER
[-no]-mktex=FMT         disable/enable mktexFMT generation (FMT=tex/tfm)
-mltex                  enable MLTeX extensions such as \charsubdef
-output-comment=STRING  use STRING for DVI file comment instead of date
-output-directory=DIR   use DIR as the directory to write files to
[-no]-parse-first-line  disable/enable parsing of the first line of the
                          input file
-progname=STRING        set program (and fmt) name to STRING
-recorder               enable filename recorder
[-no]-shell-escape      disable/enable \write18{SHELL COMMAND}
-src-specials           insert source specials into the DVI file
-src-specials=WHERE     insert source specials in certain places of
                          the DVI file. WHERE is a comma-separated value
                          list: cr display hbox math par parend vbox
-translate-file=TCXNAME use the TCX file TCXNAME
-8bit                   make all characters printable by default
-help                   display this help and exit
-version                output version information and exit

• TeX 배포판에 따라 몇 가지 옵션은 다를 수 있다. 예컨대 -file-line-error 옵션은 MiKTeX에서 -c-style-errors 옵션이로 되어 있다.
• latex 실행 스크립트는 tex -fmt=latex 또는 tex -progname=latex과 같다. MiKTeX에서는 -progname이라는 옵션이 없고 -alias 옵션을 쓴다.
  MiKTeX의 비표준적인 옵션 인자는 매우 유해하다고 생각한다. web2c의 표준 옵션이 일관되기 사용되는 것이 더 바람직하지 않을까?