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# Recursively find pdfs from the directory given as the first argument, |
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# otherwise search the current directory. |
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# Use exiftool and qpdf (both must be installed and locatable on $PATH) |
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# to strip all top-level metadata from PDFs. |
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# |
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# Note - This only removes file-level metadata, not any metadata |
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# in embedded images, etc. |
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# |
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# Code is provided as-is, I take no responsibility for its use, |
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# and I make no guarantee that this code works |
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# or makes your PDFs "safe," whatever that means to you. |
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# |
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# You may need to enable execution of this script before using, |
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# eg. chmod +x clean_pdf.sh |
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# |
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# example: |
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# clean current directory: |
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# >>> ./clean_pdf.sh |
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# |
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# clean specific directory: |
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# >>> ./clean_pdf.sh some/other/directory |
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# -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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# Color Codes so that warnings/errors stick out |
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GREEN="\e[32m" |
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RED="\e[31m" |
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CLEAR="\e[0m" |
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# loop through all PDFs in first argument ($1), |
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# or use '.' (this directory) if not given |
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DIR="${1:-.}" |
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echo "Cleaning PDFs in directory $DIR" |
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# use find to locate files, pip to while read to get the |
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# whole line instead of space delimited |
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# Note -- this will find pdfs recursively!! |
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find $DIR -type f -name "*.pdf" | while read -r i |
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do |
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# output file as original filename with suffix _clean.pdf |
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TMP=${i%.*}_clean.pdf |
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# remove the temporary file if it already exists |
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if [ -f "$TMP" ]; then |
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rm "$TMP"; |
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fi |
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exiftool -q -q -all:all= "$i" -o "$TMP" |
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qpdf --linearize --replace-input "$TMP" |
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echo -e $(printf "${GREEN}Processed ${RED}${i} ${CLEAR}as ${GREEN}${TMP}${CLEAR}") |
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done |
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