init lab bin

shrinkpdf.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+#shrinkpdf - resize pdf to smaller size. Warning: if no second file name is provided, the default behavior is to overwrite the original pdf
+# usage:
+#  shrinkpdf.sh large.pdf
+#  shrinkpdf.sh large.pdf small.pdf
+# dependencies:
+#  ps2pdf from Ghostscript
+#  mktemp from GNU Coreutils
+
+#Setup defaults
+fn=$1
+fn2=$2
+set -e #exit if an error
+
+#decide whether to use a provided new file name or too write over the original filename
+if [ -z "$fn2" ]; then
+  #clean up
+  tmpName=$(mktemp $fn.XXXXXXX)
+  ps2pdf $fn $tmpName
+  #echo $tmpName
+  rm $fn
+  mv $tmpName $fn
+  chmod u=rw,go=r $fn
+else
+  ps2pdf $fn $fn2
+fi