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1.1     ! root        1: .TH POSTREVERSE 8 local
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: postreverse \- reverse the page order in a postscript file
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B postreverse
        !             6: [ options ] [ file ]
        !             7: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             8: .I Postreverse
        !             9: reverses the page order in a minimally conforming PostScript
        !            10: .I file
        !            11: and writes the results on the standard output.
        !            12: If no
        !            13: .I file
        !            14: is specified, the standard input is read.
        !            15: The following
        !            16: .I options
        !            17: are understood:
        !            18: .TP 1.0i
        !            19: .BI \-o list
        !            20: Select pages whose numbers are given in the comma-separated
        !            21: .IR list .
        !            22: The list contains single numbers
        !            23: .I N
        !            24: and ranges
        !            25: .IB N1 \- N2.
        !            26: A missing 
        !            27: .I N1
        !            28: means the lowest numbered page, a missing
        !            29: .I N2
        !            30: means the highest.
        !            31: .TP 1.0i
        !            32: .B \-r
        !            33: Don't reverse the pages in
        !            34: .I file.
        !            35: .TP 1.0i
        !            36: .BI \-T dir
        !            37: Use
        !            38: .I dir
        !            39: as the temporary file directory when
        !            40: reading from the standard input.
        !            41: By default
        !            42: .I dir
        !            43: is set to /tmp.
        !            44: .PP
        !            45: .I Postreverse
        !            46: can handle files the violate page independence,
        !            47: provided all global definitions are bracketed by
        !            48: \&\f(CW%%BeginGlobal\fP and \&\f(CW%%EndGlobal\fP
        !            49: comments.
        !            50: In addition files that mark the end of each page
        !            51: with \&\f(CW%%EndPage: label ordinal\fP comments
        !            52: will also reverse properly, provided the prologue and
        !            53: trailer sections can be located.
        !            54: If the end of the prologue isn't found, the entire
        !            55: .I file
        !            56: is copied, unmodified, to the standard output.
        !            57: .PP
        !            58: Since global definitions are pulled out of individual
        !            59: pages and put in the prologue, the output file can be
        !            60: minimally conforming, even if the input
        !            61: .I file
        !            62: wasn't.
        !            63: .SH EXAMPLES
        !            64: Select pages 1 to 100 from
        !            65: .B file
        !            66: and reverse the pages,
        !            67: .PP
        !            68: .RS
        !            69: \f(CWpostreverse -o1-100 file\fP
        !            70: .RE
        !            71: .PP
        !            72: Print 4 logical pages on each physical page
        !            73: and reverse all the pages,
        !            74: .PP
        !            75: .RS
        !            76: \f(CWpostprint -n4 file | postreverse\fP
        !            77: .RE
        !            78: .PP
        !            79: Produce a minimally conforming file from output
        !            80: generated by dpost without reversing the pages,
        !            81: .PP
        !            82: .RS
        !            83: \f(CWdpost file | postreverse -r\fP
        !            84: .RE
        !            85: .PP
        !            86: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            87: 0 exit status is returned if
        !            88: .I file
        !            89: was successfully processed.
        !            90: .SH BUGS
        !            91: No attempt has been made to deal with redefinitions of global
        !            92: variables or procedures.
        !            93: If standard input is used, the input
        !            94: .I file
        !            95: will be read three times before being reversed.
        !            96: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            97: dpost(1), postprint(1), posttek(1), postbgi(1), postdmd(1)

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