PDF Batch Compressor

Functionality

This nifty utility compresses PDF files via Ghostscript in the folder where this script resides:

1️⃣ Create a sub-folder, ./compressed, and put the resultant compressed ones in it,
2️⃣ Compress files with any PDF extentions i.e., .pdf, .PDF, .pDf and so on,
3️⃣ Optional compression parameter to be supplied, namely, prepress, ebook (default) and screen - in the descending order of quality, and
4️⃣ Log output with the compressed file names and any error message in the sub-folder

N.B. Make sure to make this script excutable via chmod +x or chmod 755, after downloading!

Installation

(base) to@mx:~$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 4.4.12(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
(base) to@mx:~$ gs --help
GPL Ghostscript 9.26 (2018-11-20)

Help

tezzy@HP:~/Desktop$ ./pdf_batch_compressor.sh -h

    NAME
      Compress all the PDF files in the same folder as this script resides via
      Ghostscript and put them into a newly created "compressed" sub-folder
    SYNOPSIS
      pdf_batch_compressor.sh [OPTION]
    DESCRIPTION
      -s, --setting=SETTING
        override default ebook; prepress, ebook or screen (in the descending order of quality)
      -h, --help
        display this help and exit