NAME

       psselect - select pages from a PostScript file

SYNOPSIS

       psselect [ -q ] [ -e ] [ -o ] [ -r ] [ -ppages ] [ pages ] [ infile [ outfile ] ]

DESCRIPTION

       Psselect  selects  pages from a PostScript document, creating a new PostScript file. The input PostScript
       file should follow the Adobe Document Structuring Conventions.

       The -e option selects all of the even pages; it may be used in conjunction with the other page  selection
       options to select the even pages from a range of pages.

       The  -o  option selects all of the odd pages; it may be used in conjunction with the other page selection
       options.

       The -ppages option specifies the pages which are to be selected.  Pages is a comma separated list of page
       ranges,  each of which may be a page number, or a page range of the form first-last. If first is omitted,
       the first page is assumed, and if last is omitted, the last page is assumed.

       The prefix character `_' indicates that the page number is relative to the end of the document,  counting
       backwards. If just this character with no page number is used, a blank page will be inserted.

       The -r option causes psselect to output the selected pages in reverse order.

       Psselect normally prints the page numbers of the pages rearranged; the -q option suppresses this.

       If  any of the -r, -e, or -o options are specified, the page range must be given with the -p option. This
       is for backwards compatibility with previous versions.

NOTES

       The page number given to psselect is the number of the page counting from the start or end of  the  file,
       starting at one. The actual page number in the document may be different.

AUTHOR

       Copyright (C) Angus J. C. Duggan 1991-1995

SEE ALSO

       psbook(1),   psselect(1),  pstops(1),  epsffit(1),  psnup(1),  psresize(1),  psmerge(1),  fixscribeps(1),
       getafm(1), fixdlsrps(1), fixfmps(1), fixpsditps(1),  fixpspps(1),  fixtpps(1),  fixwfwps(1),  fixwpps(1),
       fixwwps(1), extractres(1), includeres(1), showchar(1)

TRADEMARKS

       PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

BUGS

       Psselect does not accept all DSC comments.

                                         PSUtils Release 1 Patchlevel 17                             PSSELECT(1)