Getting started with Linux: how to convert text files to PDF files in Linux

Getting started with Linux: how to convert text files to PDF files in Linux

Question: I want to convert a plain text file into a PDF file. Is there a simple way to convert a text file into a PDF file under the Linux Command Line?

It is better to convert a large number of text files to PDF files for maintenance. For example, PDF is more suitable for printing because PDF documents have predefined la S. In addition, the document may be accidentally modified.

To convert a text file to a PDF file, follow the two steps below.

Preparations

First, install two required packages.

On Debian, Ubuntu, or Linux Mint:

1. $ Sudo apt-get install enscript ghostscript

On Fedora, CentOS/RHEL:

1. $ Sudo yum install enscript ghostscript

On Arch Linux:

1. $ Sudo pacman-S enscript ghostscript

Convert a text file to a PDF file

After the preparation is complete, generate a PDF file from the text file in the following two steps

First, use the enscript command line tool to convert a text file to a postscript format.

1. $ Enscript-p output. ps input.txt

Finally, convert a postscript file into a PDF file.

1. $ Ps2pdf output. ps output.pdf

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