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  1. Luca Menichetti revised this gist Jul 24, 2021. 1 changed file with 19 additions and 15 deletions.
    34 changes: 19 additions & 15 deletions make booklets
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    @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ PAGES=`pdfinfo $PDF_INPUT | grep -i pages | awk '{print $2}'`

    echo "contains $PAGES pages"

    GROUP_BY=20
    GROUP_BY=16

    echo "grouping by $GROUP_BY pages per batch"

    @@ -24,21 +24,25 @@ PARTS_LIST=""

    for i in $(seq 0 $loops)
    do
    echo "i (batch number): $i"
    f=$((i*GROUP_BY+1))
    echo "f (starting page for batch number $i): $f"
    l=$(((i+1)*GROUP_BY))
    echo "l (last page for batch number $i): $l"
    pdfseparate -f $f -l $l $PDF_INPUT output-%d.pdf
    echo "pdfunite: " $(ls -1v output*)
    pdfunite $(ls -1v output*) part_$i.pdf
    rm output-*
    pdfbook2 --no-crop --short-edge part_$i.pdf
    echo "Created: part_$i-book.pdf"
    rm part_$i.pdf
    PARTS_LIST=$PARTS_LIST" part_$i-book.pdf"
    echo "i (batch number): $i"
    f=$((i*GROUP_BY+1))
    if [ $f -gt $PAGES ]; then
    echo "Nothing left to process"
    break;
    fi
    echo "f (starting page for batch number $i): $f"
    l=$(((i+1)*GROUP_BY))
    echo "l (last page for batch number $i): $l"
    pdfseparate -f $f -l $l $PDF_INPUT output-%d.pdf
    echo "pdfunite: " $(ls -1v output*)
    pdfunite $(ls -1v output*) part_$i.pdf
    rm output-*
    pdfbook2 --no-crop --short-edge part_$i.pdf
    echo "Created: part_$i-book.pdf"
    rm part_$i.pdf
    PARTS_LIST=$PARTS_LIST" part_$i-book.pdf"
    done

    echo "pdfunite " $PARTS_LIST

    echo "writing $PDF_OUTPUT"
    pdfunite $PARTS_LIST $PDF_OUTPUT
  2. Luca Menichetti revised this gist Jul 24, 2021. 1 changed file with 5 additions and 5 deletions.
    10 changes: 5 additions & 5 deletions make booklets
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    @@ -24,17 +24,17 @@ PARTS_LIST=""

    for i in $(seq 0 $loops)
    do
    if [ $i -gt 2 ]; then break; fi
    echo "i: $i"
    echo "i (batch number): $i"
    f=$((i*GROUP_BY+1))
    echo "f: $f"
    echo "f (starting page for batch number $i): $f"
    l=$(((i+1)*GROUP_BY))
    echo "l: $l"
    echo "l (last page for batch number $i): $l"
    pdfseparate -f $f -l $l $PDF_INPUT output-%d.pdf
    echo "pdfunite: " $(ls -1v output*)
    pdfunite $(ls -1v output*) part_$i.pdf
    rm output*
    rm output-*
    pdfbook2 --no-crop --short-edge part_$i.pdf
    echo "Created: part_$i-book.pdf"
    rm part_$i.pdf
    PARTS_LIST=$PARTS_LIST" part_$i-book.pdf"
    done
  3. Luca Menichetti revised this gist Jul 24, 2021. 1 changed file with 3 additions and 1 deletion.
    4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion make booklets
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    @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@

    set -u

    # requires pdfinfo pdfseparate pdfunite pdfbook2

    PDF_INPUT=$1
    PDF_OUTPUT=$2

    @@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ do
    echo "pdfunite: " $(ls -1v output*)
    pdfunite $(ls -1v output*) part_$i.pdf
    rm output*
    pdfbook2 --short-edge part_$i.pdf
    pdfbook2 --no-crop --short-edge part_$i.pdf
    rm part_$i.pdf
    PARTS_LIST=$PARTS_LIST" part_$i-book.pdf"
    done
  4. Luca Menichetti created this gist Jul 24, 2021.
    42 changes: 42 additions & 0 deletions make booklets
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    @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
    #!/bin/bash

    set -u

    PDF_INPUT=$1
    PDF_OUTPUT=$2

    echo "converting $PDF_INPUT"
    echo "writing output file: $PDF_OUTPUT"

    PAGES=`pdfinfo $PDF_INPUT | grep -i pages | awk '{print $2}'`

    echo "contains $PAGES pages"

    GROUP_BY=20

    echo "grouping by $GROUP_BY pages per batch"

    loops=$((PAGES/GROUP_BY))

    PARTS_LIST=""

    for i in $(seq 0 $loops)
    do
    if [ $i -gt 2 ]; then break; fi
    echo "i: $i"
    f=$((i*GROUP_BY+1))
    echo "f: $f"
    l=$(((i+1)*GROUP_BY))
    echo "l: $l"
    pdfseparate -f $f -l $l $PDF_INPUT output-%d.pdf
    echo "pdfunite: " $(ls -1v output*)
    pdfunite $(ls -1v output*) part_$i.pdf
    rm output*
    pdfbook2 --short-edge part_$i.pdf
    rm part_$i.pdf
    PARTS_LIST=$PARTS_LIST" part_$i-book.pdf"
    done

    echo "pdfunite " $PARTS_LIST

    pdfunite $PARTS_LIST $PDF_OUTPUT