pdf2eps

#!/bin/bash

conversion (){
  # get file name without extension, full path
  b="${1%%.*}"
  b=`basename $b`

  full=`grealpath $1`
  echo "Converting: $1 (Absolute path: $full)"

  dir="`dirname $full`/eps"
  mkdir -p $dir

  pdftops -eps $full
  mv "`dirname $full`/$b.eps" ${dir}/${b}.eps 2>/dev/null
  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "pdftops failed" && pdftops=false; fi
}

if [[ -f $1 ]]; then
  # if a single file
  conversion $1

elif [[ -d $1 ]]; then
  # else if a directory
  for i in `ls $1/*.pdf`; do
    conversion $i
  done

else
  echo "Call: ./pdf2eps [PDF file]"
  exit 1
fi