gistfile1.sh

pdfextract ()
{
        if [ -z "$1" ] || [ -z "$2" ] || [ -z "$3" ] ; then
                echo "Usage: pdfextract <source doc> <first page> <last page>."
        else
                OUTPDF=$1_p$2-$3.pdf
                pdftops $1 - | psselect -p$2-$3 | ps2pdf14 - $OUTPDF
                echo "Output saved as: $OUTPDF"
        fi
}