---
name: "fig2ps2tex"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "fig2dev"
version: "3.2.9-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fig2ps2tex"
---

# fig2ps2tex(1)

generate a TeX file for including a PostScript file

## NAME

fig2ps2tex - generate a TeX file for including a PostScript file

## SYNOPSIS

**fig2ps2tex** *file*

## DESCRIPTION

*Fig2ps2tex* generates a TeX file for including a PostScript file in a TeX document. This involves calculating the bounding box from the Postscript document. The TeX inclusion file is written to stdout.

There is also *Fig2ps2tex.csh* for those systems with csh and dc.

Note that the *psfig* macro package provides a more sophisticated approach to including Postscript files in LaTeX documents. *Fig2ps2tex* works with plain TeX however.

## USAGE

Assume the Postscript file is called *foo.ps .* The command

% fig2ps2tex foo.ps \>foo.tex

will create the inclusion file with bounding information. Then include this file in your TeX document with the command

\\input{foo}

## SEE ALSO

psfig(1), [latex(1)](/latex/1.md), [fig2dev(1)](/fig2dev/1.md), [transfig(1)](/transfig/1.md).

## AUTHOR

Micah Beck\
 Cornell University

Man page by George Ferguson, ferguson@cs.rochester.edu.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 1994 Micah Beck

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