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March 12, 2019 13:29
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this script is based on https://robservatory.com/find-and-fix-non-searchable-pdfs/, but includes OCRKit to OCR any pdfs found in the current working directory
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| saveIFS=$IFS | |
| IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b") | |
| FilesToCheck=$(find `pwd` -maxdepth 99 -name "*.pdf") | |
| for i in $FilesToCheck | |
| do | |
| errCheck=$(pdffonts ${i} 2>&1 | tail -1) | |
| if [[ $errCheck =~ ^- ]] | |
| then | |
| printf "running OCR on "$i"\n" | |
| /Applications/OCRKit\ Pro.app/Contents/MacOS/OCRKit\ Pro --lang de --format pdf $i | |
| fi | |
| done | |
| IFS=$saveIFS |
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