Convert pdf to text and compress it.

oneliner-pdftocompressfile

pdftotext "somepdffile.pdf" - | apack "somepdffile.xz" -

pdffetch

#!/bin/bash

_pdffetchusage() {
cat << EOF
curl -> pdftotext -> stdout as text
Usage:
    pdffetch <options> [url]
Option:
    -h | --help: Print this help
    pdftotext options: see \`man pdftotext\`
Dependency:
    pdftotext
    curl
EOF
}

if [ "$1" != '-h' ] || [ "$1" != '--help' ]; then
    tmpfile=$(mktemp)
    curl -Lo ${tmpfile} "${@:$#}" && pdftotext "${@:1:$#-1}" ${tmpfile} -
    # "${@:$#}" : last argument
    # "${@:1:$#-1}" : all arguments except last one
    trap "rm ${tmpfile}" 0
else
    _pdffetchusage
    exit 1
fi

pdftobz2

#!/bin/sh

_pdftobz2usage() {
cat << EOF
Convert pdffile to text, then compress to bzip2 file.
Usage:
    pdftobz2 [pdffilename]
Option:
    -h: Print this help
    pdftotext options: see \`man pdftotext\`
Dependency:
    pdftotext
    bzip2
EOF
}

LASTARG="${@:$#}"
if file "${LASTARG}" 2>&1 /dev/null | grep -q 'PDF' ; then  # pdf check
    BZ2FILE=$(echo $(basename "${LASTARG}" '.pdf').bz2)  # rename .pdf to .bz2
    pdftotext "$@" - | bzip2 -c > "${BZ2FILE}"
elif [ "$1" = '-h' ] || [ "$1" = '--help' ]; then
    _pdftobz2usage
    exit 0
else
    _pdftobz2usage
    exit 1
fi

pdftogz

#!/bin/sh

_pdftogzusage() {
cat << EOF
Convert pdffile to text, then compress to gzip file.
Usage:
    pdftogz [pdffilename]
Option:
    -h: Print this help
    pdftotext options: see \`man pdftotext\`
Dependency:
    pdftotext
    gzip
EOF
}

LASTARG="${@:$#}"
if file "${LASTARG}" 2>&1 /dev/null | grep -q 'PDF' ; then  # pdf check
    GZIPFILE=$(echo $(basename "${LASTARG}" '.pdf').gz)  # rename .pdf to .gz
    pdftotext "$@" - | gzip -c > "${GZIPFILE}"
elif [ "$1" = '-h' ] || [ "$1" = '--help' ]; then
    _pdftogzusage
    exit 0
else
    _pdftogzusage
    exit 1
fi

pdftoxz

#!/bin/sh

_pdftoxzusage() {
cat << EOF
Convert pdffile to text, then compress to xz file.
Usage:
    pdftoxz [pdffilename]
Option:
    -h: Print this help
    pdftotext options: see \`man pdftotext\`
Dependency:
    pdftotext
    xz
EOF
}

LASTARG="${@:$#}"
if file "${LASTARG}" 2>&1 /dev/null | grep -q 'PDF' ; then  # pdf check
    XZFILE=$(echo $(basename "${LASTARG}" '.pdf').xz)  # rename .pdf to .xz
    pdftotext "$@" - | xz -c > "${XZFILE}"
elif [ "$1" = '-h' ] || [ "$1" = '--help' ]; then
    _pdftoxzusage
    exit 0
else
    _pdftoxzusage
    exit 1
fi

pdftozip

#!/bin/sh

_pdftozipusage() {
cat << EOF
Convert pdffile to text, then compress to zip file.
Usage:
    pdftozip [pdffilename]
Option:
    -h: Print this help
    pdftotext options: see \`man pdftotext\`
Dependency:
    pdftotext
    zip
EOF
}

LASTARG="${@:$#}"
if file "${LASTARG}" 2>&1 /dev/null | grep -q 'PDF' ; then  # pdf check
    ZIPFILE=$(echo $(basename "${LASTARG}" '.pdf').zip)  # rename .pdf to .zip
    pdftotext "$@" - | zip "${ZIPFILE}" -
elif [ "$1" = '-h' ] || [ "$1" = '--help' ]; then
    _pdftozipusage
    exit 0
else
    _pdftozipusage
    exit 1
fi