PDF to PNG converter CLI wrapper made using Imagemagick

pdf2png.sh

#!/bin/bash

# This script takes two arguments: input filename and output filename
# It uses imagemagick to convert the input file to a png file with specified options

# Check if the number of arguments is correct
if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
  app_name=${0##*/}
  echo "Syntax: $app_name <input> <output>"
  echo "Usage: "
  echo "  $app_name input.pdf output.png"
  echo "  $app_name '*.pdf' output.png"
  exit 1
fi

# Assign the arguments to variables
input_file=$1
output_file=$2

# Run the imagemagick command with the input and output files
magick convert -density 288 "$input_file" "$output_file"

# Check if the conversion was successful
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
  echo "Conversion successful!"
else
  echo "Conversion failed!"
  exit 2
fi