clean_pdf.sh

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GREEN="\e[32m"

RED="\e[31m"

CLEAR="\e[0m"



DIR="${1:-.}"

echo "Cleaning PDFs in directory $DIR"

find $DIR -type f -name "*.pdf" | while read -r i do

  TMP=${i%.*}_clean.pdf


  if [ -f "$TMP" ]; then

      rm "$TMP";

fi

  exiftool -q -q -all:all= "$i" -o "$TMP"

  qpdf --linearize --deterministic-id --replace-input "$TMP"

  echo -e $(printf "${GREEN}Processed ${RED}${i} ${CLEAR}as ${GREEN}${TMP}${CLEAR}")

done