---
name: "sk2ps"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "skencil"
version: "0.6.17-16"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sk2ps"
---

# sk2ps(1)

Convert an SK file into a Postscript file

## NAME

sk2ps - Convert an SK file into a Postscript file

## SYNOPSIS

**sk2ps** \[*options*\] *skfile* \[*psfile*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **sk2ps** utility.

**sk2ps** converts a Skencil SK file into a Postscript EPS file.

## OPTIONS

The programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-'). A summary of options are included below.

- **-h,--help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-v,--visible**

  Print all layers marked as visible.

- **-p,--noprintable**

  Choose layers only according to their visible flag and the -v option.

- **-t,--title=***TITLE*

  Use *TITLE* as the value of the \`Title:' comment (default is the basename of *infile* ).

- **-d,--date=***DATE*

  Use *DATE* as the vale of the \`CreationDate:' comment (default is the current date).

- **-f,--for=***NAME*

  Use *NAME* as the value of the \`For:' comment (default is the real user name).

## SEE ALSO

A User and a Developer Guide to Skencil in HTML format are available via the Debian Help system.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Gregor Hoffleit \<flight@debian.org\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). Adapted for Skencil by Tobias Hilbricht \<hilbricht@linopus.de\>.