/pdf-thumbn-gener1

Primary LanguageShell

PDF 1st page thumbnail generator

Synopsis

A script that uses imagemagick to generate thumbnails of the first page of PDFs.

Scenario

We have a folder with PDFs. The script will generate a JPG file of the first page of every PDF, recursively, including any subfolders with PDFs. The filename of the JPG will be the same with the PDF.

Type

Bash script

Prerequisites

  • Imagemagick sudo apt-get install imagemagick

Usage

Make the script executable chmod +x pdf-thumbn-gener.sh

Run the script ./pdf-thumbn-gener.sh

Notes

  • The filenames and folder names can contain spaces, greek letters and special characters. They will be processed with no problem.
  • Every thumbnail will be saved in the same folder as the PDF.
  • The generator will show every conversion and at the end, it will display runtime for informational purpose.

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