path: root/mktxt-default

#!/bin/sh

# convert text from PDF to text

set -e

# resolve options
eval set -- "$(getopt -s sh -o f -- "$@")"
while true; do case "$1" in -f) force=1; shift;; --) shift; break;; esac; done

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

log_action_begin_msg "Convert PDF → text"
for stem in "$@"; do
    infile=$stem.pdf
    outfile=$stem.txt
    log_action_cont_msg $stem
    [ -n "$force" ] || [ ! -f $outfile ] || [ $outfile -ot $infile ] || [ $outfile -ot "$0" ] || { log_warning_msg "skipped"; continue; }
    pdftotext -raw -nopgbrk $stem.pdf $outfile
done
log_action_end_msg $?