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#!/bin/bash
 
# install
# apt-get install pdftk
 
FILE=$1
PAGES=$2
OUT=$3
 
COVER=/media/lagerliste/vorlagen/ebook/cover.pdf
 
# check if file already exists
if [ -f ${OUT} ]; then
	echo "${OUT} already exists"
	exit 0
fi
 
# get pages
pdftk A=${COVER} B="${FILE}" cat A1 B${PAGES} output /tmp/pdftk.out.pdf
 
# reduce image resolution
gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dPDFSETTINGS=/ebook -sOutputFile="${OUT}" -f /tmp/pdftk.out.pdf
 
# view
if [ -n ${DISPLAY} ]; then
	evince "${OUT}"
fi
 
 
# USAGE
# ./mkEbook.sh s02_s201.pdf 1-3  ../ebook/l83_1.1_antike.pdf