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/ count_colour_pages.sh
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January 21, 2019 16:54
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) |