---
name: "dvitodvi"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "texlive-doc"
version: "2026.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dvitodvi"
---

# dvitodvi(1)

rearrange pages in a DVI file

## NAME

dvitodvi - rearrange pages in a DVI file

## SYNOPSIS

**dvitodvi** \[ **-q** \] \[ **-i** *infile* \] \[ **-o** *outfile* \] \[ **-w*width*** \] \[ **-h*height*** \] *pagespecs* \[ *infile* \[ *outfile* \] \]

## DESCRIPTION

*Dvitodvi* rearranges pages from a DVI file, creating a new DVI file. *Dvitodvi* can be used to perform a large number of arbitrary re-arrangements of Documents, including arranging for printing 2-up, 4-up, booklets, reversing, selecting front or back sides of documents, scaling, etc.

*pagespecs* follow the syntax:

- *pagespecs*

  *= \[modulo:\]\[mag@\]specs*

- *specs*

  *= spec\[+specs\]\[,specs\]*

- *spec*

  *= \[-\]pageno\[(xoff,yoff)\]*

*modulo* is the number of pages in each block. The value of *modulo* should be greater than 0; the default value is 1. The optional *mag* parameter adjusts the file's magnification by the magnification specified. The magnification and modulo can be specified in reverse order if desired. *specs* are the page specifications for the pages in each block. The value of the *pageno* in each *spec* should be between 0 (for the first page in the block) and *modulo*-1 (for the last page in each block) inclusive. The optional dimensions *xoff* and *yoff* shift the page by the specified (positive) amount. *xoff* and *yoff* are in PostScript's points, but may be followed by the units **cm** or **in** to convert to centimetres or inches, or the flag **w** or **h** to specify as a multiple of the width or height. If the optional minus sign is specified, the page is relative to the end of the document, instead of the start.

If page *spec*s are separated by **+** the pages will be merged into one page; if they are separated by **,** they will be on separate pages. If there is only one page specification, with *pageno* zero, the *pageno* may be omitted.

The *-w* option gives the width which is used by the **w** dimension specifier, and the *-h* option gives the height which is used by the **h** dimension specifier. These dimensions are also used (after scaling) to set the clipping path for each page.

Dvitodvi normally prints the page numbers of the pages re-arranged; the *-q* option suppresses this.

## EXAMPLES

This section contains some sample re-arrangements. To put two pages on one sheet (of landscaped A3 paper), the pagespec to use is:

2:0+1(21cm,0)

To reduce an A3 page to A4 size, the pagespec to use is:

700@(-.3in,-.3in)

To select all of the odd pages in reverse order, use:

2:-0

## AUTHOR

Angus Duggan, from [dviselect(1)](/dviselect/1.md), by Chris Torek, University of Maryland. Currently maintained as part of TeX Live (https://tug.org/texlive).

## SEE ALSO

[dvibook(1)](/dvibook/1.md), [dviconcat(1)](/dviconcat/1.md), [dviselect(1)](/dviselect/1.md), [latex(1)](/latex/1.md), [tex(1)](/tex/1.md)\
 *MC-TeX User's Guide*

## BUGS

*Dvitodvi* does not adjust some of the parameters in the postamble. This may be a problem if these values are used to size certain structures in the output conversion programs.