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== Merging PDF Files using GhostScript ==

To merge several files ''file1.pdf'', ''file2.pdf'', ... into a single ''output.pdf'' file, use
gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOUTPUTFILE=output.pdf -dBATCH file1.pdf file2.pdf ...
The ''-dNOPAUSE'' simply means that '''gs''' won't stop along the way to ask you questions, like "do you want to continue?".

== Cutting PDF Files using GhostScript ==

To get only pages 50-60 of a document, use
gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=my_cut_file.pdf -dFirstPage=50 -dLastPage=60 -dBATCH my_file.pdf

== Converting to PDF using GhostScript ==

You can convert vast array of documents into PDF using '''gs'''; to convert PostScript to PDF, use
gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOUTPUTFILE=output.pdf -dBATCH my_file.ps
GhostScript actually supports incredible array of formats; to check what all you can work with, just run
echo 'devicenames == ' | gs -q | tr " " "\n" | sort

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