[NTLUG:Discuss] bash question

[Fred James]

I must say, I like that one.

Frank Lewis Jr. wrote:

> #!/bin/bash
> 
> for i in `ls *.pdf | awk -F. '{print $1}'` ; do
> # This section removes the spaces from the filenames
>  	file=`echo $i | sed -e s/\ //g`
>  	mv "$i.pdf" $file.pdf
>  	i=`echo $file`
> # This section handles the pdf2text stuff.
> 	pdf2text "$i.pdf" > "$i.txt"
> # Not sure if you have to escape the quotes here or
> # not. If so uncomment the line with  \'s and comment
> # out the previous pdf2text line.
> #	pdf2text \"$i.pdf\" > \"$i.txt\"
> done
> 
> # You may need to correct the usage of the pdf2text 
> # command. I've never used pdf2text before, but the 
> # variable declariations should be exactly what you 
> # are looking for.
> 
> #-Frank
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org] On Behalf
> Of George Lass
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 12:25 PM
> To: discuss at ntlug.org
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] bash question
> 
> On newer versions of RedHat (7.1 anyway) you can also escape the
> space(s):
> 
> "file name with spaces.pdf"
> 
> file\ name\ with\ spaces.pdf
> 
> George
> 
> 
> "Wrenn, Bobby J." wrote:
> 
>>If I can get an answer to this I will finally be able to use Linux at
>>
> work.
> 
>>I need to take 209 pdf files with spaces in the file names. and
>>
> convert them
> 
>>into text. I am very new to scripting and know nothing about regular
>>expressions. Is there an easy way to remove the spaces from the file
>>
> names?
> 
>>Then how do I recursively submit the files to pdftotext with the same
>>
> name
> 
>>except for the .pdf changed to .txt?
>>
>>Just getting that much done will be a big help. The next step may be
>>trickier. I need to extract a name, address, and equipment list from
>>
> each of
> 
>>the files and get it into some kind of database where I can query for
>>
> total
> 
>>by item or item by location.
>>
>>I'm a database beginner but a quick learner. TIA for any help. Please
>>contact me directly if this is not appropriate for the list.
>>
>>TIA
>>Bobby Wrenn
>>Sr. Service Planner
>>BancTec, Inc.
>>972.450.7832
>>
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