On 2018-01-09, Curt <cu...@free.fr> wrote: > On 2018-01-09, Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă <i.m.ciob...@upcmail.nl> wrote: >> On 9-01-2018, at 06h 52'16", davidson wrote about "Re: How to create a >> PDF-Printer from the command line" >>> > >>> >How does one convert a text file to a PDF using the command line? >>> >>> Step 1. Make sure the text file is also a latex document. >>> Step 2. Use latex. >> >> Assuming step 1 is reached, step 2 will make a dvi file. That was not >> what the OP asked for... > > pdftex (your one step road to a pdf)? > > DESCRIPTION > Run the pdfTeX typesetter on file, usually creating > file.pdf. > > Of course, B. will inform us that this amounts to eradicating a microbe with a > gorilla (or vice-versa?). > >> >> Ionel >>
If you're dealing with latex files, as I have taken some minutes to discover (cough), you need 'pdflatex', not pdftex, which will barf immediately upon encountering latex commands. -- "Ruling a large nation is like cooking a small fish" - Lao Tzu
