Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...

2003-09-04 Thread Mark Weaver
James Sparenberg wrote: I think (but I can't swear) that the problem is file headers. The PDF has a header that gives data like length etc. So when you cat them together the first header is wrong. The second is in the middle etc. I agree that the only way is to cvt to ps then merge then

Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...

2003-09-03 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 03 Sep 2003 4:15 am, Mark wrote: I had thought about that. but then I decided not to do it that way cause I'd end up having to edit and clean up too much. So I chose the try the elegant lazy method. as it turns out when I used cat do combine the files all I got was the first page

Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...

2003-09-03 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 03 September 2003 05:15, Mark wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: Hi, Mark. I've been following this, and it doesn't look promising, so I wonder if it's time for a dirty solution. Could you not pdf2ps all the files, open them in SOWriter, then cut and paste into one file, save that

Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...

2003-09-03 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Tuesday 02 September 2003 11:15 pm, Mark wrote: I had thought about that. but then I decided not to do it that way cause I'd end up having to edit and clean up too much. So I chose the try the elegant lazy method. as it turns out when I used cat do combine the files all I got was the first

Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...

2003-09-03 Thread Nigel Wilkinson
On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 13:18:20 -0400 (EDT) Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi List, I've forgotten how to do something that I used to know how to do. That is, using cat to combine a list of files into one single file. The problem: the list of files below, I would like to combine into just one

Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...

2003-09-03 Thread lists
Use redirection. creates file appends to file. cat blah newblah This will cause blah to be appended to newblah However I really don't think this will work with a pdf. pdf's aren't plain text... but hey worth a try. Nigel Wilkinson wrote: On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 13:18:20 -0400 (EDT)

Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...

2003-09-03 Thread Vox
On September 1993 plus 3654 days Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Tuesday 02 September 2003 11:15 pm, Mark wrote: I had thought about that. but then I decided not to do it that way cause I'd end up having to edit and clean up too much. So I chose the try the elegant lazy method. as it turns out when

Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...

2003-09-03 Thread James Sparenberg
On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 15:07, Vox wrote: On September 1993 plus 3654 days Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Tuesday 02 September 2003 11:15 pm, Mark wrote: I had thought about that. but then I decided not to do it that way cause I'd end up having to edit and clean up too much. So I chose the try

Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...

2003-09-03 Thread Richard Urwin
On Wednesday 03 Sep 2003 11:19 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 15:07, Vox wrote: On September 1993 plus 3654 days Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Tuesday 02 September 2003 11:15 pm, Mark wrote: I had thought about that. but then I decided not to do it that way cause I'd end

Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...

2003-09-03 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Wednesday 03 September 2003 06:07 pm, Vox wrote: I've actually used cat to concatenate binary files (.mpg) together...strict standards compliant viewers choke on them, but mplayer plays files created this way without much of a problem. The real problem isn't that the file is a

Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...

2003-09-02 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 01 Sep 2003 6:18 pm, Mark wrote: Hi List, I've forgotten how to do something that I used to know how to do. That is, using cat to combine a list of files into one single file. The problem: the list of files below, I would like to combine into just one file. les_csharp_12_p1.pdf

Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...

2003-09-02 Thread Michael Noble
To combine multiple files into one just do the following: cat file1 file2 file3 newfile Mile Anne Wilson wrote: On Monday 01 Sep 2003 6:18 pm, Mark wrote: Hi List, I've forgotten how to do something that I used to know how to do. That is, using cat to combine a list of files into one

Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...

2003-09-02 Thread Mark
Anne Wilson wrote: Hi, Mark. I've been following this, and it doesn't look promising, so I wonder if it's time for a dirty solution. Could you not pdf2ps all the files, open them in SOWriter, then cut and paste into one file, save that as a new pdf? I know it's not elegant, but it

Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...

2003-09-01 Thread Bill Mullen
On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Björn Olsson wrote: On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've forgotten how to do something that I used to know how to do. That is, using cat to combine a list of files into one single file. Is that really possible? I thought cat only worked with pure

Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...

2003-09-01 Thread KevinO
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark wrote: Hi List, I've forgotten how to do something that I used to know how to do. That is, using cat to combine a list of files into one single file. The problem: the list of files below, I would like to combine into just one file.

Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...

2003-09-01 Thread Björn Olsson
On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi List, I've forgotten how to do something that I used to know how to do. That is, using cat to combine a list of files into one single file. The problem: the list of files below, I would like to combine into just one file.

Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...

2003-09-01 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Monday 01 September 2003 01:18 pm, Mark wrote: Hi List, I've forgotten how to do something that I used to know how to do. That is, using cat to combine a list of files into one single file. Mark, you can do cat *.(file_extension) yourfile.ext but I don't think it combines some files

Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...

2003-09-01 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Monday 01 September 2003 20:03, Bill Mullen wrote: On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Björn Olsson wrote: On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've forgotten how to do something that I used to know how to do. That is, using cat to combine a list of files into one single file. Is that

Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...

2003-09-01 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Monday 01 September 2003 21:00, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: pdf2pdf ?.pdf that obviously should've been pdf2ps on the first line, sorry! -- Good luck, HarM Mandrake HowTo's More:-) http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[expert] forgotten knowledge...

2003-09-01 Thread Mark
Hi List, I've forgotten how to do something that I used to know how to do. That is, using cat to combine a list of files into one single file. The problem: the list of files below, I would like to combine into just one file. les_csharp_12_p1.pdf les_csharp_12_p2.pdf les_csharp_12_p3.pdf

Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...

2003-09-01 Thread Dan Jones
On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 13:18, Mark wrote: Hi List, I've forgotten how to do something that I used to know how to do. That is, using cat to combine a list of files into one single file. The problem: the list of files below, I would like to combine into just one file. les_csharp_12_p1.pdf

Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...

2003-09-01 Thread James Sparenberg
On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 12:04, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Monday 01 September 2003 21:00, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: pdf2pdf ?.pdf that obviously should've been pdf2ps on the first line, sorry! HarM, Nothing shameful if it works... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...

2003-09-01 Thread Mark
On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, KevinO wrote: -pgpenvelope processed message Mark wrote: Hi List, I've forgotten how to do something that I used to know how to do. That is, using cat to combine a list of files into one single file. The problem: the list of files below, I would like to

Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...

2003-09-01 Thread Guy Van Sanden
either do: cat [file] [file] [file] [file] ... CSharp_LESSON12.pdf or (cleaner) for i in les*.pdf; do cat $i CSharp_LESSON12.pdf; done I don't think you can just cat pdf's together though... (headers etc.) On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 19:18, Mark wrote: Hi List, I've forgotten how to do