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1#!/bin/sh
2# $Id: ps2ascii,v 1.7 2004/08/04 00:55:46 giles Exp $
3# Extract ASCII text from a PostScript file.  Usage:
4#	ps2ascii [infile.ps [outfile.txt]]
5# If outfile is omitted, output goes to stdout.
6# If both infile and outfile are omitted, ps2ascii acts as a filter,
7# reading from stdin and writing on stdout.
8
9# This definition is changed on install to match the
10# executable name set in the makefile
11GS_EXECUTABLE=gs
12
13trap "rm -f _temp_.err _temp_.out" 0 1 2 15
14
15OPTIONS="-q -dNODISPLAY -dSAFER -dDELAYBIND -dWRITESYSTEMDICT -dSIMPLE"
16if ( test $# -eq 0 ) then
17	$GS_EXECUTABLE $OPTIONS -c save -f ps2ascii.ps - -c quit
18elif ( test $# -eq 1 ) then
19	$GS_EXECUTABLE $OPTIONS -c save -f ps2ascii.ps "$1" -c quit
20else
21	$GS_EXECUTABLE $OPTIONS -c save -f ps2ascii.ps "$1" -c quit >"$2"
22fi
23