03-26-2002
Do you saying to alias "*pdf" to "ls *pdf"? Well, I'm going to have to lean to no, here's why:
When you type *pdf, the shell is going to try to execute everything ending in pdf. But if you escape the * with \, then the \ will also remove the meaning of the alias. It's a no-win situation.
Maybe you could try something else, like "alias lpdf='ls -d *pdf'"...
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ANY2DJVU(1) DjVuLibre-3.5 ANY2DJVU(1)
NAME
any2djvu - Convert .ps/.ps.gz/.pdf to .djvu
SYNOPSIS
any2djvu url {filename(s)}
DESCRIPTION
Converts files from .ps/.ps.gz/.pdf to .djvu by running them through a web server willing to perform this task.
Invoke with -h switch for usage information.
ENVIRONMENT
Non-empty value of DJVU_ONLINE_ACK acknowledges transmission of the documents to the server (so that no warning dialog is displayed).
EXAMPLES
any2djvu http://www.bcl.hamilton.ie/~barak/papers mesh-preprint.ps.gz
any2djvu localfile.pdf
AUTHORS
David Kreil, Barak A. Pearlmutter, Yaroslav O. Halchenko
BUGS
Using a web-based encoder server is a stop-gap measure until better encoders enjoy wide free distribution.
There is a security issue in operating on documents not intended for widespread distribution, which could be partially although not com-
pletely ameliorated by using a secure web connection.
SEE ALSO
The entire djvu suite, eg djvu(1), djview(1), and djvuserver(1).
DjVuLibre-3.5 02/12/2003 ANY2DJVU(1)