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    #!/bin/bash

    basefolder="/home/ashley/Development/personal/vasulka-archive-archive/ocr"

    for i in $(find * -iname '*.pdf');
    do
    if [ `dirname $i` != "." ]
    then
    dirpath="${i%/*}"
    dir_arr=(`echo $dirpath | tr "/" "\n"`)
    path=""
    for x in "${dir_arr[@]}"
    do
    if [ -z "$path" ]
    then
    path=$x
    mkdir -p $basefolder$path
    else
    path=$path"/"$x
    mkdir -p $basefolder$path
    fi
    done
    ext="."${i##*.}
    output=${i/$ext/".txt"}
    if [ ! -f $basefolder$output ] || [ $i -nt $basefolder$output ]
    then
    echo $i
    pdftotext -enc ASCII7 $i $basefolder$output
    fi
    else
    ext="."${i##*.}
    output=${i/$ext/".txt"}
    if [ ! -f $basefolder$output ] || [ $i -nt $basefolder$output ]
    then
    echo $i
    pdftotext -enc ASCII7 $i $basefolder$output
    fi
    fi
    done