[texhax] dvi vs pdf

[Tom Rokicki]

Since we're playing golf:

ls *.pdf | xargs -n 1 convert-pdf-to-new-whizzbang-format

But I don't think the *real* problem is executing the batch.

-tom

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)
<P.Taylor at rhul.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>
> Jim Diamond wrote:
>
>> Michael,
>>
>> If you think it is a huge job, I think you are running the wrong OS:
>>
>> for i in *.pdf
>> do
>>     convert-pdf-to-new-whizzbang-format $i
>> done
>>
>> As the Staples ads say, "That was easy".  :-)
>
> Even easier in a sane operating system :
>
>        C:\> For %f in (*.pdf) do convert-pdf-to-new-whizzbang-format %f
>
> No need even for a "done" :-)
>
> Philip Taylor
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