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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Create a text file and a pdf file from Linux command results. Post 303042514 by jcdole on Friday 27th of December 2019 01:25:22 PM
Old 12-27-2019
Create a text file and a pdf file from Linux command results.
Hello.


The task :
Using multiple commands like :
Code:
gdisk -l $SOME_DISK >> $SOME_FILE

I generate some text file.
For readiness I must insert page break.
When the program is finished I want to convert the final text file to a pdf file.
When finished, I got two files : One text file and One pdf file.
When printing both, you cannot differentiate them.


What I have done :
I build a single groff base file by copying data :
First I initialize the base document with :
Code:
#echo ".nf" > "$BASE_FILE"
echo ".sp 1" >> "$BASE_FILE"
echo "PROGRAM : $MY_PROG" >> "$BASE_FILE"
echo ".sp 1" >> "$BASE_FILE"

Then I fill the base file with the result of :
Code:
 while true ; do
echo "$SOME_TEXT_AS_TITLE" >> "$BASE_FILE"

gdisk -l $SOME_DISK >> $BASE_FILE

if [[ "$FLAG_SET_PAGE_BREAK" == "true" ]] ; then
echo ".bp" >> "$BASE_FILE"

fi

if [[ "$IS_FINISHED" == "true" ]] ; then
break


fi


done
echo ".ex" >> "$BASE_FILE"

Then I build the pdf file like this :
Code:
ENSCRIPT="--no-header --font=$CUR_FONT  --word-wrap"
export ENSCRIPT
/usr/bin/enscript -p"$TEMP_FILE"  "$BASE_FILE" 

/usr/bin/ps2pdf  "$TEMP_FILE"  "$FILE_OUT_PDF"

Problem N°1
The page break is always at line 67.
I tried to change page length with :
Code:
.pl 29.0c

With different value but the page break arise always at the same place.
So How to change the page break.


Problem N°2
I want to use different fonts type and size.
This will certainly affect the presentation of the document.
How to fix the problem of page breaks.


Problem N°3
How to set page length by lines/per page ?


Problem N°4
With enscript you can explicitly set page format, font, .....

--lines-per-page= ?

--margins=?:?:?:?

--font=?

--media=?

This may contradict the presentation of the document generated by groff.


Problem N°5
I have look after hundreds of web page and I have not found a good tutorial to help me is that task that should be simple.


Any help is welcome.
 

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locale::codes::langvar

Locale::Codes::LangVar(3pm)				 Perl Programmers Reference Guide			       Locale::Codes::LangVar(3pm)

NAME

       Locale::Codes::LangVar - standard codes for language variation identification

SYNOPSIS

	  use Locale::Codes::LangVar;

	  $lvar = code2langvar('acm');		       # $lvar gets 'Mesopotamian Arabic'
	  $code = langvar2code('Mesopotamian Arabic'); # $code gets 'acm'

	  @codes   = all_langvar_codes();
	  @names   = all_langvar_names();

DESCRIPTION

       The "Locale::Codes::LangVar" module provides access to standard codes used for identifying language variations, such as those as defined in
       the IANA language registry.

       Most of the routines take an optional additional argument which specifies the code set to use. If not specified, the default IANA language
       registry codes will be used.

SUPPORTED CODE SETS

       There are several different code sets you can use for identifying language variations. A code set may be specified using either a name, or
       a constant that is automatically exported by this module.

       For example, the two are equivalent:

	  $lvar = code2langvar('en','alpha-2');
	  $lvar = code2langvar('en',LOCALE_CODE_ALPHA_2);

       The codesets currently supported are:

       alpha
	   This is the set of alphanumeric codes from the IANA language registry, such as 'arevela' for Eastern Armenian.

	   This code set is identified with the symbol "LOCALE_LANGVAR_ALPHA".

	   This is the default code set.

ROUTINES

       code2langvar ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       langvar2code ( NAME [,CODESET] )
       langvar_code2code ( CODE ,CODESET ,CODESET2 )
       all_langvar_codes ( [CODESET] )
       all_langvar_names ( [CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangVar::rename_langvar  ( CODE ,NEW_NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangVar::add_langvar  ( CODE ,NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangVar::delete_langvar  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangVar::add_langvar_alias  ( NAME ,NEW_NAME )
       Locale::Codes::LangVar::delete_langvar_alias  ( NAME )
       Locale::Codes::LangVar::rename_langvar_code  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangVar::add_langvar_code_alias  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangVar::delete_langvar_code_alias  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
	   These routines are all documented in the Locale::Codes::API man page.

SEE ALSO

       Locale::Codes
	   The Locale-Codes distribution.

       Locale::Codes::API
	   The list of functions supported by this module.

       http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry
	   The IANA language subtag registry.

AUTHOR

       See Locale::Codes for full author history.

       Currently maintained by Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org).

COPYRIGHT

	  Copyright (c) 2011-2013 Sullivan Beck

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.18.2							    2014-01-06					       Locale::Codes::LangVar(3pm)
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