Example usage:

lilypond-book --filter="tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]'" BOOK lilypond-book --filter="convert-ly --no-version --from=2.0.0 -" BOOK lilypond-book --process='lilypond -I include' BOOK

--version

show program's version number and exit

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

-F, --filter=FILTER

pipe snippets through FILTER [convert-ly -n -]

-f, --format=None

use output format FORMAT (texi [default], texi-html, latex, html, docbook)

-I, --include=DIR

add DIR to include path

-o, --output=DIR

write output to DIR

-P, --process=COMMAND

process ly_files using COMMAND FILE...

--pdf

Create PDF files for use with PDFTeX

--psfonts

extract all PostScript fonts into INPUT.psfonts for LaTeX must use this with dvips -h INPUT.psfonts

-V, --verbose

be verbose

-w, --warranty

show warranty and copyright

Bugs:

info lilypond-book

should give you access to the complete manual.