gistfile1.sh

#!/bin/bash

#
# GLOBALS
#
FILENAME=""
TOOLNAME="`basename $0`"
VERSION="0.1"
USE_BIB=0

#
# TOOLS
#
ECHO="`which echo`"

# #######################################################
# FUNCTIONS
# #######################################################

#
# usage()
#
# Print out help page
#
usage()
{
    $ECHO "Usage: $TOOLNAME [OPTIONS] TEXFILE" 
    $ECHO ""
    $ECHO "Options:"
    $ECHO "        -b, --bibtex         Compile with Bibtex"
    $ECHO "        -h, --help           Print out this help menu"
    $ECHO "        -v, --version        Print out version"
    $ECHO " "
    $ECHO "Information:"
    $ECHO "  If Acrobat Reader cannot be found, Evince is used instead."
    $ECHO " "
}


#
# parse_file()
#
# Checks if file exists and how filename was provided
# (with or without extension .tex)
#
parse_file()
{
    CUT="`which cut`"
    param="$1"

    # Strip off extension
    FILENAME="`$ECHO $param | $CUT -d. -f1`"

    # check if file even exists
    if [ ! -f "${FILENAME}.tex" ]; then
        $ECHO "Cannot find ${FILENAME}.tex! Bailing out!"
        exit 1
    fi
}


#
# compile_tex()
#
# Compile tex file
#
compile_tex()
{
    use_bib=$1

    BIBTEX="`which bibtex`"
    LATEX="`which latex`"
    PDFLATEX="`which pdflatex`"

    # Check if all binaries exist
    for i in $BIBTEX $LATEX $PDFLATEX
    do
        if [ ! -e "$i" ]; then
            $ECHO "ERROR: Cannot find $i!"
            exit 1
        fi
    done

    # Start compilation
    $ECHO "Starting compilation of $FILENAME"
    $ECHO " "
    $LATEX ${FILENAME}.tex
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
        $ECHO "ERROR: Error occured during compilation!"
        exit 1
    fi

    if [ $USE_BIB -eq 1 ]; then
        $BIBTEX ${FILENAME}.aux
    fi
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
        $ECHO "ERROR: Error occured during compilation!"
        exit 1
    fi

    $LATEX ${FILENAME}.tex 
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
        $ECHO "ERROR: Error occured during compilation!"
        exit 1
    fi

    $LATEX ${FILENAME}.tex
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
        $ECHO "ERROR: Error occured during compilation!"
        exit 1
    fi

    $PDFLATEX ${FILENAME}.tex
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
        $ECHO "ERROR: Error occured during compilation!"
        exit 1
    fi

    $ECHO "Compilation successful!"

    unset BIBTEX
    unset LATEX
    unset PDFLATEX
}


#
# open_pdfreader()
#
# Open PDF in available reader
#
open_pdfreader()
{
    acroread="`which acroread`"
    evince="`which evince`"

    if [ "$acroread" == "" ]; then
        reader="$evince"
    else
        reader="$acroread"
    fi
   
    $ECHO "Opening PDF-file ... please wait!"
    $reader ${FILENAME}.pdf

    unset acroread
    unset evince
    unset reader
}

# #######################################################
# MAIN
# #######################################################


# Bail out if we don't have at least one parameter
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
    $ECHO "ERROR: Missing parameter!"
    usage
    exit 1
fi

# Iterate through params
while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
    case $1 in
        -b | --bibtex)
            USE_BIB=1
        ;;
        -h | --help)
            usage
            exit 0
        ;;
        -v | --version)
            $ECHO "$TOOLNAME v.${VERSION}"
            $ECHO " "
            $ECHO "Created by Hans-Gunther Schmidt on Wed Feb 18 09:31:10 CET 2009"
            $ECHO "Contact via E-Mail: hans@otype.net"
            $ECHO "Copyright 2009 Otype.net. All rights reserved."
            $ECHO " "
            exit 0
        ;;
        *)
            parse_file $1
            compile_tex $USE_BIB
            open_pdfreader
    esac
    shift
done


#
# Clean up and bail out
#
unset ECHO
unset FILENAME
unset TOOLNAME
unset VERSION
unset USE_BIB

exit 0