[Merge PDFs] #automation

merge_pdfs.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Check if qpdf is installed
if ! command -v qpdf >/dev/null; then
    echo "qpdf not found. Please install qpdf and try again."
    exit 1
fi

# Check if enough arguments are supplied
if [ "$#" -lt 3 ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 output.pdf input1.pdf input2.pdf [input3.pdf ...]"
    exit 1
fi

# Get output file name
output_file="$1"
shift

# Merge input PDF files
qpdf --empty --pages "$@" -- "$output_file"

echo "Merged PDFs saved as $output_file"