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I want to convert a pdf file to eps using windows file has mathematical symbols and I want to make then unaltered.

Getting help from here, I have made a bat file and placed the bat file (pdf2eps) in say D drive

rem pdf2eps <page number> <pdf file without ext>
echo off
pdfcrop "%2.pdf" "%2-temp.pdf"
pdftops -f %1 -l %1 -eps "%2-temp.pdf" "%2.eps"
del  "%2-temp.pdf"

What will be the next steps. Please write the full steps to get an eps from a pdf.

Edit: Changing directory to the path of pdf2eps.bat in cmd.exe, I have tried with pdf2eps 1 oldfile (without pdf extension). Also tried with pdftoeps -eps <PDF file with .pdf> But not get any result by both process. What to do?

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    Wrong site? This hasn't really to do with TeX, does it? – campa Jun 18 '20 at 15:44
  • @campa https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/20883/how-to-convert-pdf-to-eps?rq=1 – user1942348 Jun 18 '20 at 15:47
  • Well, we are a very tolerant and open-minded community :-) What is the problem with the solutions described there? – campa Jun 18 '20 at 15:51
  • @campa After saving bat file I need to know the steps. I am unable to convert. Thank you. – user1942348 Jun 18 '20 at 15:56
  • this is a duplicate (and off topic) so it will be closed here, but you just need to put the bat file in a directory in your path and then change folder to where the pdf is and type pdf2eps 1 oldfile to convert page 1 of oldfile.pdf to oldfile.eps. But why do you want an eps file? – David Carlisle Jun 18 '20 at 16:11
  • @DavidCarlisle I want the eps to use in tex. Is there any other option? – user1942348 Jun 18 '20 at 16:16
  • @DavidCarlisle Changing directory to the path of pdf2eps.bat iin cmd.exe, I have tried with your pdf2eps 1 oldfile (without pdf extension) but not get any result. Also tried with pdftoeps -eps <PDF file with .pdf> – user1942348 Jun 18 '20 at 16:21
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    this really isn't the right forum to explain windows commandline usage. assuming pdftoeps is in your path cd to the directory with the pdf file and type pdftoeps yourfilename if the command isn't in your path then you will need to give the full path to the command. But you should be in the directory with the pdf file – David Carlisle Jun 18 '20 at 16:31
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    why do you want an eps?????, by far the most common thing tex users do with eps files is convert them to pdf so they can include them into a document with pdflatex. Why do you need to convert the other way? – David Carlisle Jun 18 '20 at 16:32

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