Script to copy PDFs described in Mendeley's bibtex

cp_bibpdf.zsh

#!/usr/bin/env zsh

function usage {
    cat <<EOF
Note:
cp_bibpdf copys PDFs described in Mendeley's bibtex 

Usage:
    cp_bibpdf {src.bib} {dst_dir}
EOF
}

if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
    usage
    exit 1
fi

files=`grep -e "pdf" $1  \
     | sed 's/^file = {://g' \
     | sed 's/:pdf},//g'     \
     | sed 's/\(.*\)/\/\1/g'`

while read -r line; do
    echo "$line"
    cp $line $2
done <<< "$files"