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 "$filepathWithoutExtension.html" >/dev/null
done

from the manual of cupsfilter:

OPTIONS
       -D   Delete the input file after conversion.

so I suppose with that option line # 17 is not necessary

Thanks for the work!

My output file ends up being zero bytes and empty. Although the filename is correct and I verified that the html file is being generated properly. The problem is occurring at the cupsfilter step. Do you have any ideas as to why this is happening?

Thanks a lot for creating this!

My output file ends up being zero bytes and empty. Although the filename is correct and I verified that the html file is being generated properly. The problem is occurring at the cupsfilter step. Do you have any ideas as to why this is happening?

Thanks a lot for creating this!

Same issue here!