Command line tricks: converting file formats


Command line tools: convert, pandoc, mutool


PNG to EPS

convert input.png eps2:output.eps

PNG to PDF

mutool convert -o output.pdf input.png
mutool convert -o output.pdf *.png # multiple images

PDF to TXT

mutool draw -F txt input.pdf -o output.txt

PDF to PNG (pages 1-10, rotate 90 degree, resolution 200 dpi)

mutool convert -O rotate=90,resolution=200 -o output%d.png input.pdf 1-10

LaTeX to Docx with bibliography (in IEEE style)

pandoc -s input.tex --bibliography input.bib --citeproc --csl ieee.csl -o output.docx

LaTeX bibliography to HTML (in IEEE style)

pandoc -s input.bib --citeproc --csl ieee.csl -o output.html

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