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46 lines
1.5 KiB
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# scantopdf
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A quick bash script that wraps around tesseract and allows tesseract to work on pdfs of scans
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## Installation
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To install this script, just paste these commands in the terminal
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```
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git clone https://git.karma-riuk.com/karma/scantopdf /tmp/scantopdf
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sudo cp /tmp/scantopdf/scantopdf /usr/local/bin/scantopdf
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sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/scantopdf
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```
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Please verify that the path `/usr/local/bin` is in the global variable `$PATH`.
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To verify this, issue the following command:
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```bash
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echo "$PATH" | grep "/usr/local/bin"
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```
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if there is a line of output, you are all good!
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If there isn't, then issue the following command:
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```bash
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export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
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echo "export PATH=\"/usr/local/bin:\$PATH\"" | sudo tee -a /etc/profile
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```
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## Usage
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To use this script, follow this steps
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1. Open a terminal
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2. Go the location of the file you want to "convert" with the following command
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```bash
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cd <path>
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```
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where `<path>` is the location of the **folder** where lies the file to convert.
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3. Use the command `scantopdf` and give it, as an argument, the file you want to
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convert. If the file name contains **spaces**, surround it with **quotes** `"`
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```bash
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scantopdf "I Promessi Sposi.pdf"
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```
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Optionally you can give it the `-v` flag (before the name of the file), to make
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the script verbose, so instead of doing its job without saying anything, it will
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print each step that it's doing.
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```bash
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scantopdf -v "La Divina Commedia.pdf"
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```
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