====== svg2eps ======



===== The script =====

You need to have [[http://inkscape.org/|Inkscape]] installed and in your path for this to work.

<code bash>
#!/bin/bash

INPUT=$1

if [ -n "$2" ]
then
    OUTPUT=$2
else
    OUTPUT=${INPUT%.*}.eps
fi

echo Converting $INPUT to $OUTPUT...

inkscape --export-text-to-path --export-bbox-page --without-gui --file=$INPUT --export-eps=$OUTPUT &> /dev/null
</code>

I decided to redirect stdout and stderr to ''/dev/null'' as Inkscape is quite verbose when it doesn't like something about the svg you are making it convert. Feel free to comment that ''&> /dev/null'' out if you want to be hit with the full verbosity though ;)

Hint: If you want to preprocess the svg's contents prior to conversion (e.g. for removing certain parts using ''grep -v''), pipe the output of the preprocession step to the inkscape-call and make it use ''/dev/fd/0'' (stdin) as input file instead of ''$INPUT''.

===== Usage =====

  * ''svg2eps infile.svg outfile.eps'' -- Converts ''infile.svg'' to ''outfile.eps''
  * ''svg2eps file.svg'' -- Converts ''file.svg'' to ''file.eps''


===== Acknowledgements =====

The Inkscape-Fu was based on [[http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/UseInkscapeSVGImages|this entry]] in the lyx wiki.

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