rasterizePdf

#!/bin/bash

# Script by Evert De Spiegeleer
# 29/09/2020

help_usage () {
    echo "
--- usage --- 

rasterizePdf <inputFile> <outputFile>

Both the inputfile and outputfile need to have the .pdf-extension.
"
}

if [[ -z "$1"  ||  -z "$2" ]] ; then # Check if needed args are provided
    help_usage
elif  [ -f "$1" ] ; then
    echo "Converting $1 to a rasterized version... This can take a while."
    {
        mkdir ./.pdfConversionTempFolder && convert -density 300 $1 ./.pdfConversionTempFolder/image%03d.png && convert ./.pdfConversionTempFolder/*.png $2 && rm -r ./.pdfConversionTempFolder/* && rm -rf ./.pdfConversionTempFolder && printf "\a"
    } &> /dev/null
    echo "Wrote rasterized pdf to $2."
else
    echo "Inputfile $1 not found."
fi