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Convert scanned jpeg's to pdf/a with OCR and encrypts them
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convert_to_pdf
#! /usr/bin/env bash
for i in $(ls *.jpeg); do
echo "Converting $i..."
img2pdf $i | ocrmypdf -q --output-type pdfa --deskew --clean - ${i%%.*}.pdf
done
# tar hcz *.pdf | gpg --batch --cipher-algo AES256 --symmetric --output "$TODAY"_scanned_mail.tar.gz.enc
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