reduceMPL

reduceMPL.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# from https://leancrew.com/all-this/2022/01/reducing-the-size-of-large-pdfs/

# Reduces the size of PDF plots created by Matplotlib.
# Assumes that the files to be reduced are named mpl[Something].pdf
# and that it's called via
#
#     reduceMPL mpl*.pdf
#
# The results are a set of smaller files named [Something].pdf
# The original files are *not* deleted.

for mpl do
  new=$(cut -c 4- <<< "$mpl")
  gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dNOPAUSE -dQUIET -dBATCH -sOutputFile="$new" "$mpl"
done