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evince

GNOME document viewer for PDF and PostScript

TLDR

Open a PDF file

$ evince [path/to/file.pdf]
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Open multiple documents
$ evince [file1.pdf] [file2.pdf]
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Open in fullscreen mode
$ evince [-f|--fullscreen] [path/to/file.pdf]
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Open in presentation mode
$ evince [-s|--presentation] [path/to/file.pdf]
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Open a specific page number
$ evince [-i|--page-index] [5] [path/to/file.pdf]
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SYNOPSIS

evince [options] [files]

DESCRIPTION

evince is the GNOME document viewer supporting PDF, PostScript, DjVu, TIFF, and other formats. It provides annotation support, form filling, and presentation mode.
Integrates with GNOME desktop services for printing and file management.

PARAMETERS

-f, --fullscreen

Open in fullscreen mode
-s, --presentation
Open in presentation mode
-i, --page-index page
Open at specific page
-l, --page-label label
Open at page with label
-w, --preview
Run in preview mode

CAVEATS

GNOME desktop application. Some features require poppler library. Large documents may consume significant memory.

SEE ALSO

okular(1), zathura(1), xdg-open(1)

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