在 linux shell 中将.txt 转换为.pdf

Question

I am trying to convert.txt file to.pdf file in linux shell. Problem is that, i dont have any converter install on Linux. i only have ps2pdf converted on linux machine, other package/tool, i can not install so i have to manage with this. So i am trying to find way to convert.txt to.pdf. I had read some blog which told to execute below script.

vim file.txt -c "hardcopy > file.ps | q"; ps2pdf file.ps

While executing above command it provide file.pdf output but when opening this pdf using Adobe reader i see bad character (?) on each line, also see below message on shell after executing above script. Pls find attached bad character in attached file

[anukalps@CTSBUI ~]$ vim file.txt -c "hardcopy > file.ps | q"; ps2pdf file.ps ^[[2;2R[anukalps@CTSBUI ~]$ 2R

how to fix this?

Answer 1

When you have a bunch of text documents to maintain, there are advantages in converting them into PDF format. For example, PDF is good for printing because PDF documents have pre-defined layout. Besides, with PDF format, there is less risk hat the documents are accidentally modified.

To convert a text file to PDF format, you can follow two-step procedures.

Prerequisites

First, you need to install two prerequisite packages.

For Debian, Ubuntu or Linux Mint:

$ sudo apt-get install enscript ghostscript

For Fedora, CentOS or RHEL:

$ sudo yum install enscript ghostscript

For Arch Linux:

$ sudo pacman -S enscript ghostscript

Convert a Text File to PDF Format

Once all prerequisites are installed, follow these two steps to generate a PDF file from a text file.

First, convert a text file to Postscript format by using enscript command-line tool.

$ enscript -p output.ps input.txt

Finally convert the generated postscript file to a PDF file.

$ ps2pdf output.ps output.pdf