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General Purpose PostScript Generating Utility

3.1 Command line options

To read the options and arguments that you give, a2ps uses GNU getopt, hence:

• the options (short with arguments or long) must be separated by spaces.

• the order between options and files does not matter: `a2ps -4m main.c' and `a2ps main.c -4m' are identical.

• the order between options does matter, especially between options that influence the same parameters. For instance `a2ps -1 -l132' is not the same as `a2ps -l132 -1' (the latter being equivalent to `a2ps -1').

• short options may be grouped together: `a2ps -4mg main.c -P printer'

• when there are no ambiguities, long options can be abbreviated, e.g., `--pro' will be understood as `--prologue',

• `--' ends the options. Anything behind `--' is considered to be a file: `a2ps -- -2' prints the file `-2'(1).

Here after a boolean is considered as true (i.e. setting the option on), if boolean is `yes', or `1'; as false if it equals `no' or `0'; and raise an error otherwise. The corresponding short option takes no arguments, but corresponds to a positive answer.

When an argument is presented between square brackets, it means that it is optional. Optional arguments to short option must never be separated from the option.

3.1.1 Tasks Options		Exclusive options
3.1.2 Global Options		Settings involving the whole process
3.1.3 Sheet Options		Specify the layout on the sheet
3.1.4 Page Options		Specify the virtual pages
3.1.5 Headings Options		Specify the headers you want
3.1.6 Input Options		How to process the input files
3.1.7 Pretty Printing Options		Source files support
3.1.8 Output Options		What should be done of the output
3.1.9 PostScript Options		PostScript specific options