---
name: "ps4pdf"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "texlive-latex-extra"
version: "2009-10+squeeze1"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ps4pdf"
---

# ps4pdf(1)

a shell script for creating .pdf from .tex

## NAME

ps4pdf - a shell script for creating .pdf from .tex

## SYNOPSIS

**ps4pdf \[--version\|-h\|--help\|-q\|-v\] file**

## DESCRIPTION

ps4pdf creates a .pdf file from a .tex file by calling latex, dvips, and ps2pdf.

## OPTIONS

- file

  -

  The TeX file which should be compiled into a pdf document.

- **--help** **-h**

  -

  Display a short help message

- **--version**

  -

  Display the version of the script.

- **-v**

  -

  Be a bit noisy.

- **-q**

  -

  Be silent.

## AUTHORS

**ps4pdf** was written by Thomas Esser. This manpage was written by Norbert Preining for Debian/GNU Linux and may be used, modified and/or distributed freely by anyone.