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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Converting ps file to pdf Post 302090722 by srikanthus2002 on Wednesday 27th of September 2006 05:18:44 AM
Old 09-27-2006
Hi,

Yogesh has given proper info but just you have to be specific
i mean , while giving file name or file extension..

use "*.ps" instead of "*ps"

#!/bin/sh
for psfile in `ls -1 *ps`
do
ps2pdf $psfile
done
 

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MGP2PS(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						 MGP2PS(1)

NAME
mgp2ps -- generate PostScript file from MagicPoint file SYNOPSIS
mgp2ps [-cirtV] [-f psfile] [-p papersize] [-x xmargin] [-y ymargin] mgpfile DESCRIPTION
mgp2ps is a converter from MagicPoint file mgpfile to PostScript file. If -f option is specified, PostScript will be generated to psfile. Otherwise, printed to the standard output. If there exists foo.eps corresponding to foo.gif (or whatever), the encapsulated PostScript file will be included to the PostScript file instead. The following options are available: -c Generate color postscript file (experimental). By default mgp2ps will generate monochrome postscript file. -i Paint inside icon symbols. -r Stack the paper in reverse order. -V Be verbose. -f psfile Pathname to put the PostScript output. -p papersize papersize specifies the size of the paper to be used. a3, a4, a5, b5, A3, A4, A5, B5, letter, legal, ledger, tabloid, statement, executive, folio, quarto and 10x14 are available. Default size is a4. -x xmargin -y ymargin xmargin and ymargin specifies length of the margin area around the edge of the paper. -t Use truetypefont instead of psfont (ASCII font only). -e Specify encodings. At this moment, "iso-8859-1" and "latin1" are supported as encodings. SEE ALSO
mgp(1) HISTORY
mgp2ps was created so that Kazu Yamamoto could submit his tutorial document to the committee of Intenret Week '97. BSD
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