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	#!/bin/bash
2
3	# -i input1,input2,.... -o output.pdf
4
5	# needs ghostscript-esp-7
6
7	usage() {
8	echo
9	echo "Converts one or more postscript files to pdf"
10	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	echo
28	echo "ps2pdf-extended, Niels Rogalla <niro@magellan-linux.de>"
29	echo
30
31	#create a empty temp file
32	:> ${TEMP}
33
34	OLD_IFS="$IFS"
35	IFS=","
36	for i in ${INPUT_FILES}
37	do
38	echo " Processing ${i} ..."
39	cat ${i} >> ${TEMP}
40	done
41	IFS="${OLD_IFS}"
42
43	echo -n " Creating PDF '${OUTPUT_FILE}' ..."
44	ps2pdf ${TEMP} ${OUTPUT_FILE}
45
46	# remove temp file
47	[ -f ${TEMP} ] && rm ${TEMP}
48
49	echo "done"
50	echo