05-30-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by
TonyFullerMalv
There are txt2pdf utilities available that would skip doing the postscript step.
Under Sun Solaris
mp(1) (Magic Print) will do a text to postscript conversion for you with header footer, page numbering, etc for you.
HTH
Hi,
Yes I have found similar:
enscript
ps2pdf
Which will convert the text to a postscript file then convert it to a PDF.
Now I am building the script to go with this.
I am sent a string of options which will be seperated by spaces in a variable.
What I need to do is search that variable for certian words and execute commands based on if i find that word.
For example:
The string might hold 'foo tipple'
I would want to may execute a certain command if I find 'foo' in the variable.
But also if I find 'foo' and 'tipple' I would want to execute a different command.
Basically I want to separate the initial string into multiple variables.
Maybe the awk command? NEver used it though.
Make sense?
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ps2pdf12
PS2PDF(1) Ghostscript PS2PDF(1)
NAME
ps2pdf - Convert PostScript to PDF using ghostscript
ps2pdf12 - Convert PostScript to PDF 1.2 (Acrobat 3-and-later compatible) using ghostscript
ps2pdf13 - Convert PostScript to PDF 1.3 (Acrobat 4-and-later compatible) using ghostscript
SYNOPSIS
ps2pdf [options...] {input.[e]ps|-} [output.pdf|-]
ps2pdf12 [options...] {input.[e]ps|-} [output.pdf|-]
ps2pdf13 [options...] {input.[e]ps|-} [output.pdf|-]
DESCRIPTION
The ps2pdf scripts are work-alikes for nearly all the functionality (but not the user interface) of Adobe's Acrobat(TM) Distiller(TM) prod-
uct: they convert PostScript files to Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
If the output filename is not specified, the output is placed is a file of the same name with a '.pdf' extension. Either the input filename
or the output filename can be '-' to request reading from stdin or writing to stdout, respectively, when used as a filter.
The three scripts differ as follows:
- ps2pdf12 will always produce PDF 1.2 output (Acrobat 3-and-later compatible).
- ps2pdf13 will always produce PDF 1.3 output (Acrobat 4-and-later compatible).
- ps2pdf per se currently produces PDF 1.4 output. However, this may change in the future. If you care about the compatibility level
of the output, use ps2pdf12 or ps2pdf13, or use the -dCompatibility=1.x switch in the command line.
There are some limitations in ps2pdf's conversion. See the HTML documentation for more information. A large number of Adobe Distiller(TM)
parameters which can be used to control the conversion are also documented there, including instructions for generating PDF/X and PDF/A
documents.
OPTIONS
The ps2pdf scripts use the same options as gs(1).
EXAMPLES
Converting a figure.ps to figure.pdf:
ps2pdf figure.ps
A conversion with more specifics:
ps2pdf -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress figure.ps proof.pdf
Converting as part of a pipe:
make_report.pl -t ps | ps2pdf -dCompatibility=1.3 - - | lpr
SEE ALSO
gs(1), ps2pdfwr(1),
Ps2pdf.htm in the Ghostscript documentation
BUGS
See http://bugs.ghostscript.com/ and the Usenet news group comp.lang.postscript.
VERSION
This document was last revised for Ghostscript version 8.70.
AUTHOR
Artifex Software, Inc. are the primary maintainers of Ghostscript. This manpage by George Ferguson.
8.70 31 July 2009 PS2PDF(1)