print specific pages of a pdf from the command line?

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CUPS understands many different types of files directly, including text,
PostScript, PDF, and image files. This allows you to print from inside
your applications or at the command-line, whichever is most convenient!
Type either of the following commands to print a file to the default (or
only) printer on the system:

lp filename
lpr filename

On 六, 2010-05-29 at 00:52 -0400, H.S. wrote:
> Patton Echols wrote:
> > Doug Robinson wrote:
> >> Hello all
> >>     Is there any way to print, say 1 page of 5 of a pdf from the command 
> >> line?
> >>
> >>   
> > 
> > Have not tried this, but how about something like this:
> > 
> > First a test:
> > $ lpr testdoc.pdf
> 
> Please correct me if I am wrong, but lpr does not understand PDF files,
> only ps files. So, whoever want to try a PDF file with this, be
> *absolutely* sure that it will work ... I have seen countless pages
> being spewed out by printers who were sent a PDF files instead of a PS.
> 
> On the other hand, if 'lpr <PDF file>' works, I will be pleasantly
> surprised.
> 
> 
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