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The basic usage of Gostscript is as follows: | The basic usage of Gostscript is as follows: | ||
''gs [switches] [file1.ps file2.ps ...]'' | ''gs [switches] [file1.ps file2.ps ...]'' <br/> | ||
Most frequently used switches: (you can use # in place of =) | Most frequently used switches: (you can use # in place of =) | ||
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== Documentation == | == Documentation == | ||
The full documentation on how to use Ghostscript can be found [https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/current/Use.htm here]. | The full documentation on how to use Ghostscript can be found [https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/current/Use.htm here]. | ||
Latest revision as of 11:29, 11 July 2019
Introduction
Ghostscript is a suite of software based on an interpreter for Adobe Systems' PostScript and Portable Document Format (PDF) page description languages. Its main purposes are the rasterization or rendering of such page description language files, for the display or printing of document pages, and the conversion between PostScript and PDF files. ¹
Installed version(s)
These versions are installed and and currently available on environment hpc-env/6.4:
Ghostscript/9.27-GCCcore-6.4.0
Using Ghostscript
If you want to find out more about Ghostscript on the HPC Cluster, you can use the command
module spider Ghostscript
This will show you basic informations e.g. a short description and the currently installed version.
To load the desired version of the module, use the command, e.g.
module load hpc-env 6.4 module load Ghostscript
Always remember: this command is case sensitive!
The basic usage of Gostscript is as follows:
gs [switches] [file1.ps file2.ps ...]
Most frequently used switches: (you can use # in place of =) -dNOPAUSE no pause after page | -q `quiet', fewer messages -g<width>x<height> page size in pixels | -r<res> pixels/inch resolution -sDEVICE=<devname> select device | -dBATCH exit after last file -sOutputFile=<file> select output file: - for stdout, |command for pipe, embed %d or %ld for page # Input formats: PostScript PostScriptLevel1 PostScriptLevel2 PostScriptLevel3 PDF Default output device: x11alpha
For more information you can type in
gs --help
Documentation
The full documentation on how to use Ghostscript can be found here.
