# gs

> GhostScript is a PDF and PostScript interpreter.
> More information: <https://manned.org/gs>.

- To view a file:

`gs -dQUIET -dBATCH {{file.pdf}}`

- Reduce PDF file size to 150 dpi images for reading on a 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}}`