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A bash script to count the number of pages in a PDF and how many are colour/black&white
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FILENAME="$1" | |
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1672580/get-number-of-pages-in-a-pdf-using-a-cmd-batch-file | |
# Uses pdfinfo to find general information, focusing on the number of pages from which only the number is extracted. | |
NPAGES=$(pdfinfo "$FILENAME" | grep Pages | sed 's/[^0-9]*//') | |
# https://root42.blogspot.com/2012/10/counting-color-pages-in-pdf-files.html | |
# Uses ghostscript to measure any deviation from black in the ink colour used on pages. | |
GHOSTOUT=$(gs -o - -sDEVICE=inkcov $FILENAME | grep -v "^ 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000" | grep "^ " | wc -l) | |
# Use echo and sed to grab the number isolated from the other text. | |
NCOLOURPAGES=$(echo $GHOSTOUT | sed 's/[^0-9]*//') | |
# Echo all three desired properties | |
echo -e "Number of pages:\t $NPAGES" | |
echo -e "Number of b&w: \t\t $((${NPAGES}-${NCOLOURPAGES}))" | |
echo -e "Number of colour:\t $NCOLOURPAGES" |
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Can implementation in php or node?