pdfcompare.sh

#! /bin/bash
#
# (C) 2024 jnweiger@gmail.com - pdfcompare
#
# My old pdfcompare DEB package runs on nothing newer than Ubuntu 16.04
# This script has instructions to create a docker image from that.
#
# As a docker image, it runs on any Linux.
# TODO: Create a Dockerfile from this. Create an AppImage from this.
#------
#
# docker run -ti --name u1604pdfcompare ubuntu:16.04 bash
# apt update; apt upgrade; apt install -y wget
# wget https://github.com/jnweiger/pdfcompare/releases/download/v1.6.5/pdfcompare_1.6.5-24.1_amd64.deb
# apt install -y ./pdfcompare_1.6.5-24.1_amd64.deb
# exit
# docker commit u1604pdfcompare pdfcompare
# docker rm u1604pdf
#

tmpd=/tmp/pdfc$$dir
outfile="$tmpd/output.pdf"

mkdir -p $tmpd

# find *.pdf arguments from the command line, copy them to /tmp/pdfc
argv=()
for arg in "$@"; do
	case "$arg" in
		*.pdf)
			fname="$(basename "$arg")"
			cp "$arg" "$tmpd/$fname" || { rm -rf "$tmpd"; exit 1; }
			argv+=("$tmpd/$fname")
			;;
		*)
			argv+=("$arg")
			;;
	esac
done

docker run --rm -v "$tmpd:$tmpd" pdfcompare pdfcompare -o "$outfile" "${argv[@]}"

# copy output.pdf to the current working dir and delete /tmp/pdfc
test -f "$outfile" && cp -b "$outfile" .
rm -rf "$tmpd"