Usually all you need to do is
pd2tex your-doc.pd
This will generate a tex/your-doc.pdf file that you can view with acroread(1). It also generates the html/your-doc.html and ./your-doc.dbx versions of the document. If the document contains images, automatic steps are taken to convert them to .pdf and .png formats as needed by the documents.
For full option listing, please try
pd2tex -h
which produces (you should still run it to see what options your copy of pd2tex supports):
Usage: pd2tex mydoc.pd # Generate mydoc.tex, mydoc.pdf, mydoc.dbx, and mydoc.html
pd2tex -acroread mydoc.pd # Regenerate document and preview it
pd2tex mydoc.tex # filter mode
pd2tex -dbx mydoc.dbx # filter mode for DocBook
Options:
-dbx Invokes DocBook filter mode
-html Invokes HTML filter mode (must make subdirectory html)
-gensafe Convert images from ps, eps, dot, or dia to pdf only if no pdf (default)
-gendep Convert from ps, eps, dot, or dia to pdf based on time stamps
-genforce Force conversion of images from ps, eps, dot, or dia to pdf
-nogen Prevent conversion of images from ps, eps, dot, or dia to pdf
-notex Prevent .tex output in normal mode. Also prevents .pdf output.
-nopdf Prevent .pdf output in normal mode (.tex is still generated).
-nodbx Prevent .dbx output in normal mode
-nohtml Prevent .html output in normal mode
-pdfonly Only generate .pdf output
-fn Omit footnotes.
-FN Force footnotes even on dbx (some dbx tools are broken wrt footnotes in lists)
-l List format templates
-n Dry run. Do not alter files on disk.
-acroread Automatically launch acroread after processing the document
-d DIR Change current working directory to DIR