---
name: "e2pall"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "texlive-doc"
version: "2026.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/e2pall"
---

# e2pall(1)

convert all EPS files in a LaTeX document to PDF

## NAME

e2pall - convert all EPS files in a LaTeX document to PDF

## SYNOPSIS

**e2pall** *TEXFILE*

## DESCRIPTION

**e2pall** searches through *TEXFILE* for \\includegraphics commands to find the base names of image files.  When it finds one, **e2pall** runs [**epstopdf**(1)](/epstopdf/1.md) to create a PDF file from the EPS file.

**e2pall** will check to be sure that an existing PDF file is up-to-date with the EPS file, and will not run [**epstopdf**(1)](/epstopdf/1.md) if the PDF file is newer than the EPS file.

## BUGS

Email bug reports to \<https://lists.tug.org/tex-k\> (public mailing list).

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  Seems to be broken

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  Cannot handle \\input{*filename*} or \\includegraphics{*filename*} split over more than one line

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  Must be run from same directory as the LaTeX file

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  Does not look down $TEXINPUTS

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  Cannot handle documents that use \\include commands

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  Assumes *all* files included with \\includegraphics are EPS files

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  ## SEE ALSO

[**epstopdf**(1)](/epstopdf/1.md)

## AUTHOR

**e2pall** was written by Jody Klymak and published in a posting to the \<pdftex@tug.org\> (mailing list).

This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly for the Debian GNU/Linux system. It is now maintained as part of TeX Live.