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December 14, 2016 13:35
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Bash script to find all pdf files in a folder and subfolders, use the unix 'file' command to check its actual type and rename to .epub or .html accordingly (used for renaming glitchy google play books takeout files)
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| EPUBSTR="EPUB document" | |
| HTMLSTR="XML document text" | |
| for f in */*.pdf | |
| do | |
| VAR1=$(file -b "$f") | |
| # echo $VAR1 | |
| if [[ "$VAR1" == "$EPUBSTR" ]]; | |
| then | |
| fnew=${f/%.pdf/.epub} | |
| mv "$f" "$fnew" | |
| elif [[ "$VAR1" == "$HTMLSTR" ]]; | |
| then | |
| fnew2=${f/%.pdf/.html} | |
| mv "$f" "$fnew2" | |
| else | |
| echo "Not an epub" | |
| fi | |
| # do something on $f | |
| done |
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