trunk/ps2pdf-extended/ps2pdf-extended.sh

#!/bin/bash

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

# needs ghostscript-esp-7

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"

echo
echo "ps2pdf-extended, Niels Rogalla <niro@magellan-linux.de>"
echo

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

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

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

# remove temp file
[ -f ${TEMP} ] && rm ${TEMP}

echo "done"
echo
1	niro	13	#!/bin/bash
2
3			# -i input1,input2,.... -o output.pdf
4
5	niro	14	# needs ghostscript-esp-7
6	niro	13
7			usage() {
8			echo
9	niro	14	echo "Converts one or more postscript files to pdf"
10	niro	13	echo
11			echo "Usage:"
12			echo " $(basename $0) input1,input2,... output"
13			echo
14			echo "written by Niels Rogalla <niro@magellan-linux.de>"
15			echo
16
17			exit 1
18			}
19
20			[ $# -ne 2 ] && usage
21
22
23			INPUT_FILES="$1"
24			OUTPUT_FILE="$2"
25			TEMP="/var/tmp/ps2pdf-ext-$$.ps"
26
27	niro	14	echo
28			echo "ps2pdf-extended, Niels Rogalla <niro@magellan-linux.de>"
29			echo
30
31	niro	13	#create a empty temp file
32			:> ${TEMP}
33
34			OLD_IFS="$IFS"
35			IFS=","
36			for i in ${INPUT_FILES}
37			do
38	niro	14	echo " Processing ${i} ..."
39	niro	13	cat ${i} >> ${TEMP}
40			done
41	niro	14	IFS="${OLD_IFS}"
42	niro	13
43	niro	14	echo -n " Creating PDF '${OUTPUT_FILE}' ..."
44	niro	13	ps2pdf ${TEMP} ${OUTPUT_FILE}
45	niro	14
46			# remove temp file
47			[ -f ${TEMP} ] && rm ${TEMP}
48
49	niro	13	echo "done"
50			echo