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I start latex via the commandline with latex filename. What do I have to do to get a pdf instead of a dvi?

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pdflatex filename

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If you have to pass a switch for some strange reason, latex -fmt pdflatex filename should do the same thing as pdflatex filename.

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In addition, there's also latex -output-format pdf and latex &pdflatex file.tex, where the ampersand might need escaping according to your shell, or having %&pdflatex as the first line of your input file. OK, did we get them all?

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+1 tradition: I haven't seen &format in a while. This has to occur after all switches. – Charles Stewart Nov 30 '10 at 18:14
How about latex '\pdfoutput=1 \input file'? – Lev Bishop Nov 30 '10 at 19:35
@Lev Bishop: good one. – Ulrich Schwarz Nov 30 '10 at 19:52
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You can also run latex file.tex and then do a dvipdf file.dvi on the resulting dvi file.

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