tldr/pages/common/latexmk.md

# latexmk

> Compile LaTeX source files into finished documents.
> Automatically does multiple runs when needed.

- Compile a dvi (DeVice Independent file) document from every source:

`latexmk`

- Compile a dvi document from a specific source file:

`latexmk {{source.tex}}`

- Compile a pdf document:

`latexmk -pdf {{source.tex}}`

- Force the generation of a document even if there are errors:

`latexmk -f {{source.tex}}`

- Clean up temporary tex files created for a specific tex file:

`latexmk -c {{source.tex}}`

- Clean up all temporary tex files in the current directory:

`latexmk -c`