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That did fix the test file. I think I was pasting too much into the .ist file. Thanks for the help.

Adding your code into my .ist file did not eliminate the extra commas. I am not sure why the two don't play well together.

I will upload sample files.

I found a way to avoid using the .ist file. So your solution works just fine. Thanks again.

Thank you so much. This almost does what I need. If I run it on a typical latex file it works great. Unfortunately, I have the following .ist file:

IndexTest.ist:

preamble
"\\thispagestyle{empty}\n\\begin{theindex}\n"
postamble
"\\end{theindex}\n"



When I run your code in conjunction with this ...

There are times when makeindex leaves some unfortunate page or column breaks. I know that it is possible to edit the .ind file and add a \indexspace entry.

However, I would like a solution that is handled at the source file level. Something like \indexspace{masquerades as} where "masquerades as ...