to_pdf1.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# Prints a file to PDF using OpenOffice and
# CUPS-PDF. Opens output file with evince doc
# viewer.
##

CUPS_HOME="$HOME/PDF"

file=`basename $1`
prefix=${file%.[^.]*}
outfile="${CUPS_HOME}/${prefix}.pdf"

echo Printing ${prefix}.pdf

soffice -norestore \
	-nofirststartwizard \
	-nologo \
	-headless \
	-pt PDF $1

echo Sleeping 10 seconds

sleep 10

echo Opening $outfile

evince "$outfile"