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 Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:04 pm Post subject: pdf creation from cli? |
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hi,
Is it possible create pdfs quickly from command line, something like with echo? Could be like 'echo 'bla bla' | <pdf app> docu.pdf
thanks
ps: what I did was to take a file with firefox and print it to pdf. Not the most elegant option... |
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cryptosteve
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| Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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untested and may need some improvements ...
| Code: | | echo "foo" | convert text:- foo.pdf |
edit: convert is part of media-gfx/imagemagick
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PaulBredbury
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| Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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| lout is good (but not multi-lingual) - not as simple as you'd like, but far more lightweight than texlive. |
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khayyam
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| Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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_______0 ...
Not in portage, but text2pdf is perhaps what you're looking for.
best ... khay |
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BitJam
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| Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:47 am Post subject: |
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The enscript program may do almost exactly what you want: | Code: | | $ echo foo | enscript -o - | ps2pdf - foo.pdf |
It adds a header and page numbers by default but it is easy to configure these away with ~/.enscriptrc.
edit: If you just want to print the file then it is even easier: | Code: | | $ echo foo | enscript |
If you are willing to settle for a PostScript file then it is almost as easy: | Code: | | $ echo foo | enscript -o foo.ps |
Last edited by BitJam on Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:32 am; edited 1 time in total |
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dmitchell
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| Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:09 am Post subject: |
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I use enscript too. I believe there is also a cups plugin for this.
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