Made the installation section of the readme a bit more robust

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Karma Riuk 2021-05-27 16:42:52 +02:00
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@ -10,23 +10,36 @@ sudo cp /tmp/scantopdf/scantopdf /usr/local/bin/scantopdf
sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/scantopdf
```
Please verify that the path `/usr/local/bin` is in the global variable `$PATH`.
To verify this, issue the following command:
```bash
echo "$PATH" | grep "/usr/local/bin"
```
if there is a line of output, you are all good!
If there isn't, then issue the following command:
```bash
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
echo "export PATH=\"/usr/local/bin:\$PATH\"" | sudo tee -a /etc/profile
```
## Usage
To use this script, follow this steps
1. Open a terminal
2. Go the location of the file you want to "convert" with the following command
```
```bash
cd <path>
```
where `<path>` is the location of the **folder** where lies the file to convert.
3. Use the command `scantopdf` and give it, as an argument, the file you want to
convert. If the file name contains **spaces**, surround it with **quotes** `"`
```
```bash
scantopdf "I Promessi Sposi.pdf"
```
Optionally you can give it the `-v` flag (before the name of the file), to make
the script verbose, so instead of doing its job without saying anything, it will
print each step that it's doing.
```
```bash
scantopdf -v "La Divina Commedia.pdf"
```