#!/bin/bash # Check if pdftk and ghostscript are installed if ! command -v pdftk &>/dev/null || ! command -v gs &>/dev/null; then echo "Error: pdftk and ghostscript are required but not installed." exit 1 fi # Check for input arguments if [ "$#" -ne 3 ]; then echo "Replaces the last page of a pdf file (input) with another (insert) and saves the file (output)." echo "Usage: $0 input.pdf insert.pdf output.pdf" exit 1 fi input_pdf="$1" insert_pdf="$2" output_pdf="$3" # Check if input and insert PDFs exist if [ ! -f "$input_pdf" ]; then echo "Error: Input PDF '$input_pdf' not found." exit 1 fi if [ ! -f "$insert_pdf" ]; then echo "Error: Insert PDF '$insert_pdf' not found. Deleting the last page from input PDF." # Get the number of pages in the input PDF num_pages=$(pdftk "$input_pdf" dump_data | grep NumberOfPages | awk '{print $2}') if [ -z "$num_pages" ] || [ "$num_pages" -le 1 ]; then echo "Error: Input PDF has insufficient pages or unable to determine the number of pages." exit 1 fi # Remove the last page and save as output pdftk "$input_pdf" cat 1-$(($num_pages - 1)) output "$output_pdf" echo "Removed the last page from '$input_pdf' and saved as '$output_pdf'." exit 1 fi # Get the number of pages in the input PDF num_pages=$(pdftk "$input_pdf" dump_data | grep NumberOfPages | awk '{print $2}') if [ -z "$num_pages" ]; then echo "Error: Unable to determine the number of pages in the input PDF." exit 1 fi # Extract all pages except the last one pdftk "$input_pdf" cat 1-$(($num_pages - 1)) output temp_removed_last.pdf # Merge the modified PDF with the insert PDF pdftk temp_removed_last.pdf "$insert_pdf" cat output "$output_pdf" # Clean up temporary files rm -f temp_removed_last.pdf # Success message echo "Successfully created '$output_pdf' by replacing the last page with '$insert_pdf'."