hi,
i am running opensuse 12.1. how do i view (and close) a pdf file from the konsole command line? also, how can i open/close an image from the command line? (i normally used okular to view pdfs, and gwenview for images…)
any help would be appreciated!
thank you,
db
> how do i view (and close) a pdf file from the konsole command line?
> how can i open/close an image from the command line?
you have two questions and i answer both:
from the command line you would have to launch a PDF viewer/image viewer
of some kind (and be running a desktop of some kind, and then go to it
to look at the pdf/image)
like:
okular [/full/path/to/some.pdf]
and
gwenview -s [/full/path/to/some/directory]
or, did you actually want to ask how to do it without X or a DE running?
if so, then see:
https://www.google.com/search?q=linux+image+viewer+without+X
please be specific with questions…otherwise we have to guess…
by the way, i have friends with blackbird time, are you one?
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dd
On 2012-06-26 19:06, blackbird sr71 wrote:
>
> hi,
> i am running opensuse 12.1. how do i view (and close) a pdf file from
> the konsole command line? also, how can i open/close an image from the
> command line? (i normally used okular to view pdfs, and gwenview for
> images…)
Well, you can start those programs from the command line (program_name
file_to_display), but once started you have to use those programs to close
them. For graphics, install “display”.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
okular mypdffile.pdf & #run pdf viewer as background process
export pid=$! #get the process id of the last started background process
kill $pid #when you are done kill it
similar for gwenview
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On 2012-06-26 21:55, Martin Helm wrote:
>
> okular mypdffile.pdf & #run pdf viewer as background process
> export pid=$! #get the process id of the last started background process
> kill $pid #when you are done kill it
>
okular mypdffile.pdf
ctrl-C
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
You may not need to install anything; ‘display’ is one of the commands of ImageMagick which is often installed by default or as a dependency of another program. It doesn’t need a DE as it runs eniirely in a terminal.