View ps files unix

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How to read pdf file in UNIX environment? Is there any possible way to read this file? I need to give this file as input Thanks, Geetha 4 Replies. How to view. The article is divided in the following chapters:.

If you need to merge two or more PS files into one big PS file, it's really rather simple. Just copy them, one after the other, into the final file. If that works, you're done. For further information, click here!

Thanks to John Deubert for this elegant solution! A frequently asked question is: "How can I extract the text from a PostScript document? The best way is to go back to the program which produced the PostScript document, and ask it for the plain text. If you have no way to do that, you can try the following.

Requires Ghostscript to run. The site contains links to similar programs. Requires Ghostscript and the Python interpreter. Another method for extracting text from a PostScript document is to convert it to a bitmap graphics file at perhaps bpi resolution.

An OCR program can then process the graphics file and produce a text file. The paper-intensive equivalent would be to print the PS file, scan each page with a document scanner, and use the OCR program from there. The size depends on how many pages the document has, but also on what fonts are used in the document, the pictures, and so on.

Therefore, PostScript files are often compressed with some generally available compression utility, like the Gnu zip program. A file compressed with this utility has the extension. When you see a file with the name for instance TR1. If you want to view this document you first have to uncompress it and then open the resulting PostScript file with Ghostview. Your web browser can uncompress files automatically for you, provided that you have set up a helper application for compressed files.

See also Netscape's page about Helper Applications. More problems Now you have configured your web browser to recognize and process Gnu zip compressed files.

However, only Unix-based web browsers can automatically process compressed PostScript files.