Search for a string from all pdf in current directory, and return file name

seachpdf.sh

#!/bin/sh
# Copyright (c) 2016 Ulysse Buonomo <[email protected]> (MIT license)
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# Usage:
#    search <pattern>

[ $# -lt 1 ] && echo "$0: missing argument" && exit 1

if ! [ -d txt ]; then
  mkdir txt
  for i in *.pdf;do
    pdftotext $i txt/`basename $i pdf`txt
  done
fi

for i in txt/*.txt;do
  grep "$@" < $i > /dev/null && echo `basename $i txt`pdf
done