NAME

       psutils

SYNOPSIS

       psutils [OPTION...] [INFILE [OUTFILE]]

DESCRIPTION

       Rearrange  pages  of  a  PDF  or  PostScript document.  PostScript files should follow the Adobe Document
       Structuring Conventions.

       Pstops can be used to perform arbitrary re-arrangements of documents. For many tasks, it  is  simpler  to
       use the other utilities in the PSUtils suite: see psutils(1).

       INFILE `-' or no INFILE argument means standard input

       OUTFILE
              `-' or no OUTFILE argument means standard output

OPTIONS

       -S SPECS, --specs SPECS
              page specifications (see below)

       -R PAGERANGE, --pages PAGERANGE
              select the given page ranges

       -e, --even
              select even-numbered output pages

       -o, --odd
              select odd-numbered output pages

       -r, --reverse
              reverse the order of the output pages

       -p PAPER, --paper PAPER
              output paper name or dimensions (WIDTHxHEIGHT)

       -P INPAPER, --inpaper INPAPER
              input paper name or dimensions (WIDTHxHEIGHT)

       -d [DIMENSION], --draw [DIMENSION]
              draw a line of given width (relative to original page) around each page [argument defaults to 1pt;
              default is no line; width is fixed for PDF]

       -v, --version
              show program's version number and exit

       -q, --quiet
              don't show progress

COMMENTS

       PAGES is a comma-separated list of pages and page ranges.

       SPECS is a list of page specifications [default is "0", which selects each page in its normal order].

       Pagespecs have the following syntax:

              pagespecs   = [modulo:]specs

              specs       = spec[+specs|,specs]

              spec        = [-]pageno[transform...][@scale][(xoff,yoff)]

              transform   = L|R|U|H|V

       modulo  is  the number of pages in each block.  The value of modulo should be greater than 0; the default
       value is 1.

       specs are the page specifications for the pages in each block.  The value of  the  pageno  in  each  spec
       should  be  between  0  (for  the first page in the block) and modulo-1 (for the last page in each block)
       inclusive.  If there is only one page specification, the pageno (0) may be omitted.

       The optional dimensions xoff and yoff shift the page by the specified amount.  xoff and yoff  may  either
       be  lengths  (see  psutils(1))  or  followed by w or h to indicate a multiple of the output page width or
       height.

       The optional transformations L, R, U, H, and V rotate the page left, right,  or  upside-down  around  its
       lower  left  corner,  and  flip  (mirror) the page horizontally or vertically respectively.  The optional
       scale parameter scales the page by the factor specified.  If the optional minus sign  is  specified,  the
       page number is relative to the end of the document, instead of the start.

       Pages  whose  specs  are separated by + will be merged into a single page; otherwise, they will remain as
       separate pages.

       The shift, rotation, and scaling are applied to the  PostScript  transformation  matrix  in  that  order,
       regardless of the order in which they appear on the command line.

       Paper  size  names  are  converted  to  dimensions using paper(1).  The output page size, if set, is used
       (after scaling) to set the clipping path for each page.

EXAMPLES

       To put two A or B series pages (e.g. A4 or B5) on one sheet of paper, the pagespec to use is:

                                             2:0L@.7(1w,0)+1L@.7(1w,0.5h)

       To select all of the odd pages in reverse order, use:

                                                         2:-0

       To re-arrange pages for printing 2-up booklets, use

                                            4:-3L@.7(1w,0h)+0L@.7(1w,0.5h)

       for the front sides, and

                                            4:1L@.7(1w,0h)+-2L@.7(1w,0.5h)

       for the reverse sides, or, for long-edge duplex printing, join the two specs thus:

                              4:-3L@.7(1w,0h)+0L@.7(1w,0.5h),1L@.7(1w,0h)+-2L@.7(1w,0.5h)

       For short-edge duplex, the incantation is:

                              4:-3L@.7(1w,0h)+0L@.7(1w,0.5h),1R@.7(0w,0.5h)+-2R@.7(0w,1h)

AUTHOR

BUGS

       pstops does not accept all DSC comments.

psutils 3.3.8                                      2025-02-15                                         PSUTILS(1)