2018-07-16 13:28:37 +01:00
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# gs
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> GhostScript is a PDF and PostScript interpreter.
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2021-07-09 15:45:55 +01:00
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> More information: <https://manned.org/gs>.
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2018-07-16 13:28:37 +01:00
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- To view a file:
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`gs -dQUIET -dBATCH {{file.pdf}}`
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2021-05-20 21:13:41 +01:00
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- Reduce PDF file size to 150 dpi images for reading on a e-book device:
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2018-07-16 13:28:37 +01:00
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`gs -dNOPAUSE -dQUIET -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dPDFSETTINGS=/ebook -sOutputFile={{output.pdf}} {{input.pdf}}`
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- Convert PDF file (pages 1 through 3) to an image with 150 dpi resolution:
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`gs -dQUIET -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=jpeg -r150 -dFirstPage={{1}} -dLastPage={{3}} -sOutputFile={{output_%d.jpg}} {{input.pdf}}`
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- Extract pages from a PDF file:
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`gs -dQUIET -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile={{output.pdf}} {{input.pdf}}`
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- Merge PDF files:
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`gs -dQUIET -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile={{output.pdf}} {{input1.pdf}} {{input2.pdf}}`
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- Convert from PostScript file to PDF file:
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`gs -dQUIET -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile={{output.pdf}} {{input.ps}}`
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