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1#!/bin/sh
2# $Id: ps2ascii,v 1.3 2001/06/22 16:09:22 lpd 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
9trap "rm -f _temp_.err _temp_.out" 0 1 2 15
10
11OPTIONS="-q -dNODISPLAY -dSAFER -dNOBIND -dWRITESYSTEMDICT -dSIMPLE"
12if ( test $# -eq 0 ) then
13	gs $OPTIONS -c save -f ps2ascii.ps - -c quit
14elif ( test $# -eq 1 ) then
15	gs $OPTIONS -c save -f ps2ascii.ps "$1" -c quit
16else
17	gs $OPTIONS -c save -f ps2ascii.ps "$1" -c quit >"$2"
18fi
19