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34 lines
863 B
Bash
34 lines
863 B
Bash
#!/bin/bash
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## Convert PDF to text and send to Pocket
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## Written Nov 24, 2013
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## Taha Ahmed
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# Usage:
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# pdf2pocket.sh worthreading.pdf
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# Note: requires python and the python script "sendfromgmail.py"
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pdffile=$1
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# Filename without extension part
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jobname=${pdffile%.*}
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txtfile=$jobname.txt
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htmlfile=$jobname.html
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# convert PDF to txt (saved in the current directory)
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# it seems txt works better than HTML (Pocket cannot reformat HTML files for reasons unknown to me...)
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pdftotext $pdffile
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# copy the created file to my Dropbox public folder
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cp $txtfile /home/taha/Dropbox/Public/$txtfile
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# construct the corresponding Dropbox public URL
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htmlurl="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47462551/$txtfile"
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# email url of htmlfile in public Dropbox to Pocket
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python ~/chepec/chetex/common/bash/sendfromgmail.py "add@getpocket.com" "dropbox2pocket" "$htmlurl"
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