PSSELECT(1)

NAME
psselect - select pages from a PostScript file

SYNOPSIS
psselect [-q] [[-p]pages] [-e|-o] [-r] [infile [outfile]]

DESCRIPTION
Psselect selects pages from a PostScript document, creating a new PostScript file. The input PostScript file should follow the Adobe Document Structuring Conventions.

The -ppages option specifies the pages which are to be selected. Pages is a comma separated list of page ranges, each of which may be a page number, or a page range of the form first:last. If first is omitted, the first page is assumed, and if last is omitted, the last page is assumed. Negative page numbers are taken relative to the end of the document, counting backwards. If just the ‘_’ character is used, a blank page will be inserted. Page numbers refer to the pages as they occur in the file, starting at one. The actual page number in the document may be different.

The -e option selects all of the even pages. The -o option selects all of the odd pages. Either may be used in conjunction with -p to select the even or odd pages from a range of pages.

The -r option causes psselect to output the selected pages in reverse order.

If any of the -r, -e, or -o options are specified, any page range must be given with the -p option. This is for backwards compatibility with previous versions.

Psselect normally prints the page numbers of the pages rearranged; the -q option suppresses this.

AUTHOR
Written by Angus J. C. Duggan.

SEE ALSO
psutils(1)

TRADEMARKS
PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

BUGS
Psselect does not accept all DSC comments.