pdf-extract.sh

#! /bin/sh

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# ------------------------------
# extract pages from PDF file with pdftk
# ------------------------------
# vermaden [AT] interia [DOT] pl
# https://vermaden.wordpress.com

if [ ${#} -eq 0 ]
then
  ME="${0##*/}"
  echo "usage: ${ME} FILE OPTIONS"
  echo
  echo "examples: ${ME} file.pdf 13"
  echo "examples: ${ME} file.pdf 1-12 14-end"
  echo "examples: ${ME} file.pdf 1-40"
  echo
  exit 1
fi

for BIN in pdftk
do
  if ! /usr/bin/which -s ${BIN}
  then
    echo "ERROR: Binary '${BIN}' not in \$\{PATH\}."
    exit 1
  fi
done

if [ ! -f "${1}" ]
then
  echo "ERROR: No such file or directory '${1}'."
  exit 1
fi

FILE="${1}"
shift
NAME="${FILE}.EXTRACT.$( echo ${@} | tr ' ' '-' ).pdf"
# echo file: ${FILE}
# echo args: ${@}

pdftk "${FILE}" cat ${@} output "${NAME}"

if [ ${?} -eq 0 ]
then
  echo "INFO: File '${NAME}' generated."
fi

echo '1' >> ~/scripts/stats/${0##*/}