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Reduce the size of pdf files in the current directory.
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reduce_pdf_size.sh
mkdir ./big_pdfs
mkdir ./small_pdfs
for F in `ls *.pdf`; do
echo $F
smallPDF="./small_pdfs/$F"
echo $newPDF
gs -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dPDFSETTINGS=/screen -sOutputFile=$smallPDF $F
done
# /screen – Lowest quality, lowest size
# /ebook – Moderate quality
# /printer – Good quality
# /prepress – Best quality, highest size
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