I'm have a file called t-0.8.eps.
How can I open this file in the shell?
I am using Mac and when I click .eps files the preview (the name of the software to read PDFs) says failed.
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Files with the .eps extension are usually encapsulated postscript. You can view them with gv:
gv t-0.8.eps
Or with your favorite PDF viewer:
evince t-0.8.eps
Or even with an image editor
gimp t-0.8.eps
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Gimp says : Opening '/....../Documents/Gerris Programs/Tutorials/rayleigh-taylor/t-0.8.eps' failed: Unknown file type And I have no evince or gv?Meva– Meva2014-01-30 14:42:00 +00:00Commented Jan 30, 2014 at 14:42
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1@Meva what operating system are you using? If Linux, which distribution? If Debian/Ubuntu/Mint etc, just run
sudo apt-get install gvorsudo apt-get install evince. Anyway, you should have a pdf viewer installed, tryokular. If none of these work, please update your question with the output offile t-0.8.eps.2014-01-30 14:51:09 +00:00Commented Jan 30, 2014 at 14:51 -
mac 10.9.1 I am using.I have preview to read pdf files but when I click eps files preview says failed..Meva– Meva2014-01-30 15:23:16 +00:00Commented Jan 30, 2014 at 15:23
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1@Meva please always include your OS in your questions. Also, show me the output of
file t-0.8.epsas I requested. Apart from that, you could try macghostview available for OSX2014-01-30 15:25:45 +00:00Commented Jan 30, 2014 at 15:25 -
1@Meva there you go then, that's the problem. The file is empty which is why it can't be read.2014-01-30 15:52:19 +00:00Commented Jan 30, 2014 at 15:52
In general, you can use open from the terminal to open any file with its default application (see this SO question). open is Mac OS-specific. On GNU/Linux, the equivalent is usually xdg-open.
Also, for your reference, you can try to find out what type of file a file really is (regardless of its extension) using the file command.
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I typed to terminal ...$ file t-0.8.eps and it says t-0.8.eps: emptyMeva– Meva2014-01-30 15:32:23 +00:00Commented Jan 30, 2014 at 15:32
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@Meva This means just what it says: this is an empty file. It seems it was created incorrectly.Joseph R.– Joseph R.2014-01-30 15:32:59 +00:00Commented Jan 30, 2014 at 15:32
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Won't
opendo exactly the same thing as double clicking the file (which is what the OP did)?2014-01-30 15:59:02 +00:00Commented Jan 30, 2014 at 15:59 -
@terdon It will. That's exactly the point. The way I read the question, the OP is looking for a way to open files from a terminal the same way they are opened with a double-click. In any case, the actual issue seems to be that the
.epsfile is incorrectly created (see the OP's comment)Joseph R.– Joseph R.2014-01-30 16:03:54 +00:00Commented Jan 30, 2014 at 16:03 -
@JosephR. yeah, I know, I reached the same conclusion in the comments to my answer. But the OP states that they already tried clicking and
previewfailed, soopenwill make no difference.2014-01-30 16:05:07 +00:00Commented Jan 30, 2014 at 16:05
Inkscape can open and edit eps files. It won't fix an empty file though.
