Want to automatically convert a few PDF files to EPS? Turns out there's various programs to try that each give a slightly different result... With that in mind here's a bash script that tries a few methods allowing you to find which works for your file (OS X specific). Current methods attempted:

1. Inkscape

• Command-line version required
• Good conversion, tight trimming

2. ImageMagick

• Install with homebrew: brew install imagemagick
• Nightmarish results

3. ghostscript

• Install with homebrew: brew install ghostscript
• Good conversion + respects PDF bounding

4. pdftops

• Part of xpdf
• Similar decent results to ghostscript

./pdf2eps example_file.pdf

Other than those above, GNU tools should be installed (e.g. grealpath). Install these with homebrew:

brew install coreutils