trunk/ps2pdf-extended/ps2pdf-extended.sh

#!/bin/bash

# -i input1,input2,.... -o output.pdf


usage() {
	echo
	echo "converts one or more postscript files to pdf"
	echo
	echo "Usage:"
	echo "      $(basename $0) input1,input2,... output"
	echo
	echo "written by Niels Rogalla <niro@magellan-linux.de>"
	echo

	exit 1
}

[ $# -ne 2 ] && usage


INPUT_FILES="$1"
OUTPUT_FILE="$2"
TEMP="/var/tmp/ps2pdf-ext-$$.ps"

#create a empty temp file
:> ${TEMP}

OLD_IFS="$IFS"
IFS=","
for i in ${INPUT_FILES}
do
	echo "Processing ${i} ..."
	cat ${i} >> ${TEMP}
done

echo -n "Creating PDF '${OUTPUT_FILE}' ..."
ps2pdf ${TEMP} ${OUTPUT_FILE}
echo "done"
echo

1	niro	13	#!/bin/bash
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3			# -i input1,input2,.... -o output.pdf
4
5
6			usage() {
7			echo
8			echo "converts one or more postscript files to pdf"
9			echo
10			echo "Usage:"
11			echo " $(basename $0) input1,input2,... output"
12			echo
13			echo "written by Niels Rogalla <niro@magellan-linux.de>"
14			echo
15
16			exit 1
17			}
18
19			[ $# -ne 2 ] && usage
20
21
22			INPUT_FILES="$1"
23			OUTPUT_FILE="$2"
24			TEMP="/var/tmp/ps2pdf-ext-$$.ps"
25
26			#create a empty temp file
27			:> ${TEMP}
28
29			OLD_IFS="$IFS"
30			IFS=","
31			for i in ${INPUT_FILES}
32			do
33			echo "Processing ${i} ..."
34			cat ${i} >> ${TEMP}
35			done
36
37			echo -n "Creating PDF '${OUTPUT_FILE}' ..."
38			ps2pdf ${TEMP} ${OUTPUT_FILE}
39			echo "done"
40			echo
41