Usage:
$ man2ps command will generate a PostScript (.ps) file from command's manpage- Symlink or copy this script as "
man2pdf" to create a PDF from a manpage.
- Symlink or copy this script as "
man2evince" to call evince on a temporary PDF of the manpage
#!/bin/bash
# man2ps, (c) 2004,2005,2006,2009 Toni Corvera, published under a BSD license
#
# Saves a man page as either a PostScript (PS) or as a PDF file.
#
# This script is also used as a testbed for some experiments,
# as of now only rudimentary in-file localisation is kept, in the past
# the script could also be sourced and work as a function but it led to
# unwanted pollution of the environment.
#
# $Rev: 242 $
#
# Changelog:
# 0.11.0 (2009-03-09):
# - Added man2evince
# - Check for man page existence
# 0.10.0 (2006-06-27):
# - First version with a changelog
# - Explicit usage of bash
# - Better use of bashisms
# - Usage of /usr/include/sysexits.h -compatible exit codes
# - Dropped support to be used as a function (sourced)
# - Dropped support for long options
# - Complete help message
# - Wrapped localized strings into functions, may help parsing speed. Or maybe not.
# - Added set -e
#
# 0.9.2 (2005)
set -e
# Current version
VER=0.11.0
# Command name for information messages
CMD=`basename $0`
### Simple localisation support ###
# Language codes
declare -ir _EN=0 _ES=1 _CA=2
declare -a LANGS=( en es ca ) # Languages un the same order as their index
declare -i _L
# Error messages
error_nops2pdf() {
local nopdf_strs=( "ps2pdf wasn't found, can't export to PDF"
"No se ha encontrado ps2pdf, no se puede exportar a PDF"
"No s'ha trobat ps2pdf, no es pot exportar a PDF" )
echo ${nopdf_strs[$_L]} >&2
}
error_bad_cmdline() {
local badcmdline_strs=( "Use -h to get usage instructions"
"Usa -h para obtener ayuda"
"Utilitza -h per obtenir ajuda" )
echo ${badcmdline_strs[$_L]} >&2
}
error_notvalid_ver() {
local allowedvers_strs=( "Only versions 2, 3 and 4 of ps2pdf are allowed"
"Sólo las versiones 2, 3 y 4 de ps2pdf están permitidas"
"Només les versions 2, 3 i 4 de ps2pdf estan permeses" )
echo ${allowedvers_strs[$_L]} >&2
}
# Information messages
declare -r VERSION_STRING="${CMD} v${VER}, (c) 2004,2005,2006 Toni Corvera"
show_help() {
# Localised functions
en() {
echo "$VERSION_STRING"
echo " saves a man page as a PostScript or PDF file"
echo "Options:"
echo " -h Show this help message"
echo " -p Force PDF mode for output"
echo " -V VER Use ps2pdf version 1.VER (VER must be one of 2, 3 or 4), "
echo " by default the newest available version is used"
}
es() {
echo "$VERSION_STRING"
echo " guarda una página de manual como archivo PostScript o PDF"
echo "Opciones:"
echo " -h Muestra este mensaje de ayuda"
echo " -p Fuerza la salida a un archivo pdf"
echo " -V VER Usa la versión 1.VER de ps2pdf (VER puede ser 2, 3 o 4), "
echo " por defecto se usa la versión más reciente disponible"
}
ca() {
echo "$VERSION_STRING"
echo " desa una pàgina de manual com arxiu PostScript o PDF"
echo "Opcions:"
echo " -h Mostra aquest missatge d'ajuda"
echo " -p Força la sortida a un fitxer PDF"
echo " -V VER Utilitza la versió 1.VER de ps2pdf (VER pot ser 2, 3 o 4), "
echo " per defecte s'utilitza la versió disponible més nova"
}
${LANGS[$_L]}
}
show_usage() {
local usage_strs=(
"Usage: ${CMD} [options] <manual page>"
"Uso: ${CMD} [opciones] <página del manual>"
"Ús: ${CMD} [opcions] <pàgina del manual>"
)
echo "${usage_strs[$_L]}"
}
# $1 => ps2pdf program name
show_ps2pdf_version() {
local pdfver_strs=( "Using ps2pdf version:"
"Usando ps2pdf en su variante:"
"Fent servir ps2pdf en sa versió:" )
echo "${pdfver_strs[$_L]} $1" >&2
}
# Language detection
# FIXME: is the precedence order correct?
for i in LC_ALL LC_MESSAGES LANG ; do
# Indirect variable reference, see http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ivr.html#IVRREF
eval val=$$i
if [ "$val" ]; then
case $val in
es*) _L=$_ES ;;
ca*) _L=$_CA ;;
*) _L=$_EN ;;
esac
break
fi
done
if [ -z $_L ]; then _L=$_EN; fi
### Core functionality ###
declare -i PDF=0 EVINCE=0
ps2pdf=
PS2PDF_VER=
if [ $(basename "$0") == "man2pdf" ]; then
PDF=1
elif [ $(basename "$0") == "man2evince" ]; then
PDF=1
EVINCE=1
fi
# Command line parsing
while getopts "hpV:" options ; do
case $options in
h) show_help && exit 0 ;;
p) PDF=1 ;;
V)
if ! echo -n "$OPTARG" | egrep '^[234]$' >/dev/null 2>/dev/null ; then
error_notvalid_ver
error_bad_cmdline
exit 64
fi
PS2PDF_VER=$OPTARG
;;
?)
error_bad_cmdline
exit 64
;;
esac
done
shift $(($OPTIND - 1))
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
show_usage
exit 64
fi
if [ $PDF -eq 0 ]; then
man -t "$1" > "${1}.ps"
else
# Use the newest ps2pdf
if [ -z "$PS2PDF_VER" ]; then
for prog in ps2pdf14 ps2pdf13 ps2pdf12 ps2pdf ; do
ps2pdf=`which $prog` && break
done
else
ps2pdf=`which ps2pdf1$PS2PDF_VER` || true
fi
if [ -z "$ps2pdf" ]; then
error_nops2pdf
exit 69
fi
show_ps2pdf_version $(basename "${ps2pdf}")
OUTPUT="${1}.pdf"
if [ $EVINCE -eq 1 ]; then
OUTPUT="$(tempfile --suffix=.pdf)"
fi
# Check if the command has a manpage...
if ! whatis "$1" >/dev/null ; then
man "$1" # Display man's error...
exit $?
fi
man -t "$1" | ${ps2pdf} - > "$OUTPUT"
if [ $? -eq 0 ] && [ $EVINCE -eq 1 ]; then
evince "$OUTPUT"
rm -f "$OUTPUT"
fi
fi # PDF -eq 0
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