Thread: Passing args to postscript

I have had no satisfactory results searching the web for methods of passing values to the post/GhostScript program I have in Slackware. I have a PS written to create stick figures for use in a book I want to illustrate. Being able to pass args could also mean creating videos of same.
I need an example of how PS would process it. Seeing how it was done in shell script (bash, bourne, NOT tch) would be useful.
If there is a fairly direct means (no file passing) of getting args to a PS from a shell script I would find it wonderful. Thanks

You pass it as follows:

Code:

/path/to/ps arg1 arg2
/path/to/ps -option1 arg1 -option2 arg2

Provide a little more info so that we can help you better.

Just so we are clear, PS is acronym for PostScript, since U used ps as the program to which the args are being passed. My question is deeper as I do not know how postscript handles arguments past to it. How do I put them into an array and also onto the stack so I can say: "/myargname itsvalue def" for example in the latter case. How is postscript treating -option1/2 and what are they and where can I read on this? Thanks