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gs — GhostScript, a PDF and PostScript interpreter. More information: <https://manned.org/gs>.
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How to use the
gs command: GhostScript, a PDF and PostScript interpreter. More information: <https://manned.org/gs>.Solution
gs — GhostScript, a PDF and PostScript interpreter. More information: <https://manned.org/gs>.View a file:
gs -dQUIET -dBATCH {{file.pdf}}Reduce PDF file size to 150 dpi images for reading on an e-book device:
gs -dNOPAUSE -dQUIET -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dPDFSETTINGS=/ebook -sOutputFile={{output.pdf}} {{input.pdf}}Convert PDF file (pages 1 through 3) to an image with 150 dpi resolution:
gs -dQUIET -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=jpeg -r150 -dFirstPage=1 -dLastPage=3 -sOutputFile={{output_%d.jpg}} {{input.pdf}}Extract pages from a PDF file:
gs -dQUIET -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile={{output.pdf}} {{input.pdf}}Merge PDF files:
gs -dQUIET -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile={{output.pdf}} {{input1.pdf}} {{input2.pdf}}Convert from PostScript file to PDF file:
gs -dQUIET -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile={{output.pdf}} {{input.ps}}Code Snippets
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gs -dQUIET -dBATCH {{file.pdf}}Reduce PDF file size to 150 dpi images for reading on an e-book device
gs -dNOPAUSE -dQUIET -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dPDFSETTINGS=/ebook -sOutputFile={{output.pdf}} {{input.pdf}}Convert PDF file (pages 1 through 3) to an image with 150 dpi resolution
gs -dQUIET -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=jpeg -r150 -dFirstPage=1 -dLastPage=3 -sOutputFile={{output_%d.jpg}} {{input.pdf}}Extract pages from a PDF file
gs -dQUIET -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile={{output.pdf}} {{input.pdf}}Merge PDF files
gs -dQUIET -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile={{output.pdf}} {{input1.pdf}} {{input2.pdf}}Context
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