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+# mklist
+
+mklist v1.6 20100706 (C) 1999-2010 Lars C. Hassing. Replacement for James Jessiman's makelist
+
+### What does it do?
+
+It parses the `ldraw/parts` folder to produce a text file with all available parts.
+
+### Obtaining mklist binaries
+
+The included [`mklist.exe`](../mklist.exe) file is obtained from the official LDraw
+archives, for full compatibility with the official parts archive.
+
+To build it from source instead, run:
+
+```
+make
+```
+
+### Usage
+
+`mklist options`
+
+Options:
+- -h: You already figured this one out :-)
+- -n: Sort by Number
+- -d: Sort by Description
+- -c: Check for duplicate descriptions. "parts.lst" unchanged.
+- -m: Don't skip parts with "~Moved to xxx" description
+- -~: Skip parts with ~ description, e.g. "~Winch  2 x  4 x  2 Top"
+- -i `<dir>`: input directory, default is "PARTS" in current directory
+- -o `<file>`: output filename, default is "parts.lst" in current directory
+- -f: Force it to finish.  No prompts.
+- -q: Quiet mode.  No warnings, and no prompts.
+- -8: Use 8.3 names for compatibility.
+- -t: Truncating descriptions to fit in an 80 char terminal window.
+- -r: Ragged filename column.  Size it to fit short filenames.
+- -l: Truncate Long descriptions at 64 chars.
+- -v: Print verbose info.  Useful for debugging.
+
+Typical usage to produce the usual `parts.lst` in the `ldraw` root folder:
+
+```
+./mklist -d -i ../parts -o ../parts.lst
+```