From 176cb9ab032c5691f683b213500060e0d6c4bb8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michele Cereda <cereda.michele@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 21:49:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added notes about ghostscript to the KB

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 knowledge base/ghostscript.md | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 knowledge base/mac os x.md    |  9 +++-----
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 create mode 100644 knowledge base/ghostscript.md

diff --git a/knowledge base/ghostscript.md b/knowledge base/ghostscript.md
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+# Ghostscript
+
+## TL;DR
+
+```sh
+# Install.
+brew install ghostscript
+sudo port install ghostscript
+
+# Reduce the size of PDF files.
+gs -dNOPAUSE -dQUIET -dBATCH \
+  -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dPDFSETTINGS=/ebook -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 \
+  -sOutputFile=path/to/small/file.pdf \
+  path/to/massive/file.pdf
+```
+
+## Reduce the size of PDF files
+
+Execute the following:
+
+```sh
+gs -dNOPAUSE -dQUIET -dBATCH \
+  -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dPDFSETTINGS=/ebook -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 \
+  -sOutputFile=path/to/small/file.pdf \
+  path/to/massive/file.pdf
+```
+
+Use one of the following options for the value of `-dPDFSETTINGS`:
+
+| Value       | Description                                    |
+| ----------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
+| `/screen`   | Screen-view-only quality, 72 dpi images        |
+| `/ebook`    | Low quality, 150 dpi images                    |
+| `/printer`  | High quality, 300 dpi images                   |
+| `/prepress` | High quality, color preserving, 300 dpi images |
+| `/default`  | Almost identical to `/screen`                  |
+
+## Sources
+
+- [Reducing PDF File size]
+
+[reducing pdf file size]: https://superuser.com/questions/293856/reducing-pdf-file-size#1217306
diff --git a/knowledge base/mac os x.md b/knowledge base/mac os x.md
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@@ -143,13 +143,10 @@ defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
 
 ## Resize an image from CLI
 
-Note:
-
-* edits the input image
-* `-Z` retains ratio
-
 ```sh
-sips -Z 1000 Downloads/IMG_20190527_013903.jpg
+# Retain ratio.
+# Save as different file.
+sips -Z 1000 -o resized.jpg IMG_20190527_013903.jpg
 ```
 
 ## Boot keys cheatsheet