ThesisProposal/modify-pdf.sh
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#!/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'."