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combine_pdfs.rb
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# a small ghostscript wrapper to convert
# multiple pdf files into one single pdf
# 20090219 Noah K. Tilton <noah@downbe.at>
if ARGV.length < 1
puts "Usage: ./#{$0} <input pdf,[. . .]> <output pdf>"
exit
end
gs = `which gs`.chomp!
out = ARGV.pop
system("#{gs} -q -dNOPAUSE -dQUIET -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=#{out} #{ARGV.join(' ')} -c quit")
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