---
name: "psselect"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "psutils"
version: "3.3.17-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/psselect"
---

# psselect(1)

## NAME

psselect

## SYNOPSIS

**psselect** \[OPTION...\] \[PAGES\] \[INFILE \[OUTFILE\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

**psselect** calls **pstops** to do the rearrangement. Select pages from a PDF or PostScript document.

- **INFILE**

  \`-' or no INFILE argument means standard input

- **OUTFILE**

  \`-' or no OUTFILE argument means standard output

## OPTIONS

- **-R** *PAGES*, **-p** *PAGES*, **--pages** *PAGES*

  select the given page ranges

- **-e**, **--even**

  select even-numbered output pages

- **-o**, **--odd**

  select odd-numbered output pages

- **-r**, **--reverse**

  reverse the order of the output pages

- **-v**, **--version**

  show program's version number and exit

- **-q**, **--quiet**

  don't show progress

## COMMENTS

PAGES is a comma-separated list of pages and page ranges; see [pstops(1)](/pstops/1.md) for more details.

## AUTHOR

```
Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
```