Convert an exported Xfig figure to an eps figure

fig2eps

#! /usr/bin/env python3

import argparse
import os.path
import shutil
import subprocess

user_home = os.path.expanduser('~')
default_template_file = os.path.join(
    user_home,
    "local",
    "share",
    "fig2eps.tex-template"
)

def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter,
        description="This class creates the necessary intermediate files and makes the "
        "required calls to convert a figure exported as \"Combined PS/LaTeX (both parts)\" "
        "from Xfig to an eps image. This only works when called from the same directory "
        "into which the files were exported.")
    parser.add_argument('name', help="The base name of the exported files")
    parser.add_argument('--template', help="The template tex file", default=default_template_file)
    args = parser.parse_args()

    # first, copy the template file to the correct location
    location = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(args.name))
    tex_filename = '{}.tex'.format(args.name)
    tex_filename = os.path.join(location, tex_filename)

    print("tex_filename: {}".format(tex_filename))

    shutil.copy(args.template, tex_filename)

    # now, replace the <name> template with the actual name
    cmd = "sed -i 's:<name>:{}:' {}".format(args.name, tex_filename)
    subprocess.call(cmd, shell=True)

    # now the call to latex
    cmd = "latex {}".format(tex_filename)
    subprocess.call(cmd, shell=True)

    # and the call to dvips
    cmd = "dvips {}.dvi -E -o {}.eps".format(args.name, args.name)
    subprocess.call(cmd, shell=True)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

fig2eps.tex-template

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{epsfig}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{amsbsy}
\usepackage{epsfig}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{color}% (note: you might not might not need to do this)
\usepackage{pifont}% http://ctan.org/pkg/pifont
\newcommand{\cmark}{\ding{51}}%
\newcommand{\xmark}{\ding{55}}%
%\setlength{\textwidth}{100cm}
%\setlength{\textheight}{100cm}
\begin{document}
\pagestyle{empty}
\input{<name>.pstex_t}
\end{document}

The default_template_file should be updated to wherever the template file is actually located to make using the script easier.