convert tif2pdf and unite pdf

tiff2pdfunite

#! /usr/bin/env bash
# quick convert of scantailor tiff output into single pdf.
# requires tiff2pdf and pdfunite
list=
for file in *.tif
do  
  filename=$(basename "$file")
  extension=${filename##*.}
  filename=${filename%.*}
  echo "converting" $filename $extension "to pdf"
  tiff2pdf -jz $file -o ${filename}.pdf
  list="${list} ${filename}.pdf"
done
  pdfunite ${list} output.pdf
  echo "see output.pdf for the consolidated pdf output"