There are
also a variety of graphics formats. Table 21-2 is a list of common document and graphics conversion
utilities.
TABLE 21-2
Document and Graphics Conversion Utilities
Utility Converts To
dos2unix DOS text file UNIX (Linux) text file
fax2ps TIFF facsimile image files Compressed PostScript format (The PostScript output is
optimized to send to a printer on a low-speed line. This format
is less efficient for images with a lot of black or continuous
tones, for which tiff2ps might be more effective.)
fax2tiff TIFF format (The output is either low-resolution or mediumresolution
TIFF format.)
g32pbm Portable bitmap
gif2tiff GIF (87) file TIFF format
man2html Man page HTML format
pal2rgb TIFF image (palette color) Full-color RGB image
pbm2g3 Portable bitmap image Fax file (Group 3)
pdf2dsc PDF file PostScript document dsc file (The PostScript file conforms to
Adobe Document Structuring Conventions. The output enables
PostScript readers such as Ghostview to read the PDF file one
page at a time.)
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Group 3 fax file (either
digifax or raw)
Fax data (Group 3
or Group 4)
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TABLE 21-2 (continued)
Utility Converts To
pdf2ps PDF file PostScript file (level 2)
pfb2pfa ASCII-readable
pk2bm TeX pkfont font file Bitmap (ASCII file)
ppm2tiff PPM image file TIFF format
ps2ascii PostScript or PDF file ASCII text
ps2epsi PostScript file Encapsulated PostScript (EPSI) (Some word-processing and
graphics programs can read EPSI.
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