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Lucas Vivohost a209038263 Generalize PDF-to-JPEG conversion script
feat: accept PDF filename as input argument

- Allow PDF file to be specified on the command line
- Derive output JPEG name from input PDF basename
- Generate files using IMG_<pdf-name>.jpg naming convention
- Retain first-page conversion behavior
- Improve script reusability for multiple PDFs
2026-09-14 12:44:39 +02:00

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Convert the first page of a PDF to a JPEG image.
# Usage: ./pdf_to_jpg.sh <file.pdf>
set -euo pipefail
if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
echo "Usage: $0 <file.pdf>"
exit 1
fi
INPUT_PDF="$1"
if [[ ! -f "$INPUT_PDF" ]]; then
echo "Error: '$INPUT_PDF' not found."
exit 1
fi
# Remove .pdf extension and prepend IMG_
BASE_NAME="$(basename "$INPUT_PDF" .pdf)"
OUTPUT_JPG="IMG_${BASE_NAME}.jpg"
echo "Converting first page of '$INPUT_PDF' to '$OUTPUT_JPG'..."
pdftoppm -f 1 -l 1 "$INPUT_PDF" | pnmtojpeg > "$OUTPUT_JPG"
echo "Done: $OUTPUT_JPG created."