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opt-pdf(1)                                                          opt-pdf(1)




NAME

       opt-pdf - optimize PDF image files using Ghostscript


SYNOPSIS

       opt-pdf [ -b(ackup) ] [ -c(olor) DPI ] [ -f(orce) ] [ -g(ray) DPI ]
       [ -h(elp) ] [ -m(ono) DPI ] [ -o(ptimize_for_web) ] [ -q(uiet) ]
       [ -v(erbose) ] file...


DESCRIPTION

       opt-pdf  runs  existing  PDF files through Ghostscript in order to make
       them smaller.  This is accomplished using the filesize, gs,  and  temp-
       name utilities.


OPTIONS

       -b     Retain the original file by adding a ".bak" suffix.

       -c DPI Downsample  color  bitmap  images inside the PDF file to a pixel
              resolution of DPI.

       -f     Force an overwrite of input files, even if the  new  version  is
              larger.   This  is  useful when the goal of an opt-pdf run is to
              create more proper PDF files rather than smaller ones.

       -g DPI Downsample grayscale bitmap images inside  the  PDF  file  to  a
              pixel resolution of DPI.

       -h     Print help and quit.

       -m DPI Downsample  monochrome  bitmap  images  inside the PDF file to a
              pixel resolution of DPI.

       -o     Write "optimized" PDF documents, which puts elements of the file
              into  a  more  linear  order and adds "hint" pointers, much like
              Ghostscript's pdfopt utility.  Note that this option will  actu-
              ally make the PDF file slightly larger.

       -q     Quiet output.  No output commentary will be printed.

       -v     Print debugging output from Ghostscript.


EXAMPLES

       Process a couple of PDF files:
              opt-pdf image001.pdf image002.pdf

       Process all PDF images in an entire directory tree:
              find . -name "*.pdf" -exec opt-pdf {} \;

       Or alternatively, process all PDF images this way:
              find . -name "*.pdf" -print0 | xargs -0 opt-pdf

       Fully utilize a quad-core system while process all PDF images:
              find . -name "*.pdf" -print0 | xargs -0 -n 1 -P 4 opt-pdf
              find . -name "*.pdf" | parallel -j+0 opt-pdf


NOTES

       The  opt-pdf  utility  was  originally  written  to  reduce the size of
       overly-large PDF files generated by certain programs (here's looking at
       you,  Open/LibreOffice  and  Pro/Engineer).  Additionally, it can some-
       times correct files that are not fully compliant with PDF standards.


CAVEATS

       The opt-pdf is not strictly lossless like  the  opt-gif,  opt-jpg,  and
       opt-png  utilities.   It completely rewrites the PDF file by running it
       through Ghostscript, and it is possible that this will introduce subtle
       changes.   Additionally, repeated runs of opt-pdf will sometimes yields
       repeatedly shrunk files.  Ghostscript is far more complex  than  utili-
       ties that handle only bitmapped images.  You have been warned.


SEE ALSO

       filesize(1), gs(1), pdfopt(1), tempname(1)


COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  (C)  2013 by Brian Lindholm.  This program is free software;
       you can use it, redistribute it, and/or modify it under  the  terms  of
       the  GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foun-
       dation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it  will  be  useful,  but
       WITHOUT  ANY  WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied  warranty  of MER-
       CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU  General
       Public License for more details.



littleutils                       2013 Aug 06                       opt-pdf(1)

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