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1.1       root        1: .ds dQ /usr/lib/postscript
                      2: .TH GRABIT 1 "DWB 3.2"
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: .B grabit
                      5: \- recover the text representation of PostScript objects
                      6: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      7: \*(mBgrabit\f1
                      8: .OP "" options []
                      9: .OP "" object
                     10: \&...
                     11: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     12: .B Grabit
                     13: builds a PostScript program that generates a text representation
                     14: of one or more PostScript
                     15: .IR object s.
                     16: The program is written on the standard output.
                     17: The following
                     18: .I options
                     19: are understood:
                     20: .TP 1.0i
                     21: .OP \-d
                     22: Do not automatically dump the contents of unrecognized dictionary
                     23: objects found in PostScript arrays.
                     24: .TP 1.0i
                     25: .OP \-C file
                     26: Copy
                     27: .I file
                     28: into the PostScript program.
                     29: .I file
                     30: must contain legitimate PostScript.
                     31: .TP 1.0i
                     32: .OP \-L file
                     33: Use
                     34: .I file
                     35: as the PostScript prologue.
                     36: .br
                     37: The default is
                     38: .MR \*(dQ/grabit.ps .
                     39: .PP
                     40: When the program built by
                     41: .B grabit
                     42: is sent to a PostScript printer the text representation of each
                     43: .I object
                     44: is normally returned to the host computer over the printer's serial port.
                     45: Use
                     46: .BR hardcopy (1)
                     47: if you do not have access to the port.
                     48: .PP
                     49: Each argument should be a PostScript
                     50: .I object
                     51: or commands that generate a PostScript
                     52: .IR object .
                     53: The program built by
                     54: .B grabit
                     55: produces results that are often close to legitimate PostScript that
                     56: can be successfully sent through an interpreter.
                     57: .SH EXAMPLES
                     58: .PP
                     59: If you can read and write 
                     60: .MW /dev/tty00
                     61: and there is a PostScript printer on
                     62: the other end, then
                     63: recover the readable portions of the
                     64: .MW userdict
                     65: and
                     66: .MW statusdict
                     67: dictionaries:
                     68: .EX
                     69: grabit userdict statusdict | postio -l/dev/tty00 -t
                     70: .EE
                     71: Otherwise get a printout of the dictionaries:
                     72: .EX
                     73: grabit userdict statusdict | hardcopy | lp ...
                     74: .EE
                     75: Arguments should be PostScript code that leaves an object on the stack.
                     76: Dump the contents of Adobe's
                     77: .MW internaldict
                     78: dictionary:
                     79: .EX
                     80: grabit "1183615869 internaldict" | postio -l/dev/tty00 -t
                     81: .EE
                     82: .SH FILES
                     83: .MW \*(dQ/grabit.ps
                     84: .SH SEE ALSO
                     85: .BR hardcopy (1),
                     86: .BR postio (1)

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