diff --git a/pages/linux/gs.md b/pages/linux/gs.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ed5d9de94 --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/linux/gs.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +# gs + +> GhostScript is a PDF and PostScript interpreter. + +- To view a file: + +`gs -dQUIET -dBATCH {{file.pdf}}` + +- Reduce PDF file size to 150 dpi images for reading on a ebook 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}}`