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	#!/bin/bash
2
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