NAME

       psplit - a tool for splitting PostScript files with multiple frames into individual PostScript files, or
       simply determining the number of pages in a file.

SYNOPSIS

       usage: psplit [-c] input_file [output_file_root]

DESCRIPTION

       "psplit" takes a PostScript file as input (that may have multiple pictures) and splits it into individual
       PostScript files having a single frame each.  If the original file has a %%BoundingBox comment in it,
       then that comment will be inserted into each output file and the output files will be EPS (encapsulated
       PostScript) conforming.  If the original file does not have a %%BoundingBox comment, then the output
       files will not have one either.  In that case, if you want the output files to be EPS files, use the
       "ps2epsi" utility that is based on GhostScript.  If the -c option is present, then only the number of
       pages in input_file is reported.

       "psplit" is primarily intended to be used with PostScript files that have been produced directly by NCAR
       Graphics, or produced from NCAR Graphics by running "ctrans" with a PostScript graphcap.  However,
       "psplit" will also work on most PostScript files adhering to PostScript Document Structuring Conventions
       (DSC).

       By default the output files are named in sequence as "pict0001.ps", "pict0002.ps", and so forth.  If you
       want to specify a different root name for the output files (i.e. a name different from "pict"), you can
       specify that by entering the optional second argument.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2000
       University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

       The use of this Software is governed by a License Agreement.

UNIX                                               August 2001                                    psplit(1NCARG)