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File System Monitoring : PDF and then automatic decrypted the file to the new folder
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fswatch-pdf.sh
# Useful for the Bank transaction / Statement / or same password
# which it enable us to just download to the folder and then the
# script will automatic decrpyted the password and store the new
# file without password needs.
# Pre-requirement
# apt install qpdf fswatch
export PASSWORD=<pdfpasswordhere>
export EXPORTDIR=./decrypt
fswatch --insensitive --include "\\.pdf$" --exclude ".*" \
--event Created --event Updated --event Renamed --event MovedTo \
-0 . | \
xargs -0 -n1 -t -I {} sh -c 'FILENAME=$(basename "{}"); \
qpdf --decrypt --password=$PASSWORD "$FILENAME" $EXPORTDIR/$FILENAME'
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