Converts a DOC or DOCX to a PDF with a right-click

convertDOCXtoPDF.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Jacob Salmela
# 2016-03-12
# Convert annoying DOCX into PDFs with a right-click
# Run this as an Automator Service

###### SCRIPT #######
for f in "$@"
do
  # Get the full file PATH without the extension
  filepathWithoutExtension="${f%.*}"
  # Convert the DOCX to HTML, which cupsfilter knows how to turn into a PDF
  textutil -convert html -output "$filepathWithoutExtension.html" "$f"
  # Convert the file into a PDF
  cupsfilter "$filepathWithoutExtension.html" > "$filepathWithoutExtension.pdf"
  # Remove the original file and the temporary HTML file, leaving only the PDF
  rm "$f" "$filepathWithoutExtension.html" >/dev/null
done