[NTLUG:Discuss] Split a PDF File in Linux

[Kipton Moravec]

On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 18:50 -0500, brian at pongonova.net wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 03:21:52PM -0500, Kipton Moravec wrote:
> > I have a PDF file of a schematic from a win 98 program. It generates all
> > pages.
> > 
> > I need to send 4 of 17 pages to someone assisting me. 
> 
> I've always been fond of the PS processing utilities:
> 
> pdf2ps somefile.pdf | psselect -p4,8,9,10 | ps2pdf > somepages.pdf
> 
> Although I might just have to check out pdftk one day...sometimes old
> school is best, though.  
> 
> There are some very cool things that can be done with these utilities.
> 
>   --Brian
> 
No psselect 

kip at red:/home/backup/Work/dogtracker $ pdf2ps dogdisp.pdf | psselect
-p13-16 | ps2pdf > radio.pdf
bash: psselect: command not found
Usage: ps2pdfwr [options...] (input.[e]ps|-) [output.pdf|-]

kip at red:/home/backup/Work/dogtracker $ pdf2ps dogdisp.pdf | psselect
-p13,14,15,16 | ps2pdf > radio.pdf
bash: psselect: command not found
Usage: ps2pdfwr [options...] (input.[e]ps|-) [output.pdf|-]

kip at red:/home/backup/Work/dogtracker $ sudo apt-get install  psselect
Password:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package psselect



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