extract_pages_from_pdf_and_remove_margim.sh

extract_pages_from_pdf_and_remove_margim.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Check if input file is provided
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 file.pdf [output_directory]"
  exit 1
fi

PDF_FILE="$1"
BASENAME=$(basename "$PDF_FILE" .pdf)
OUTPUT_DIR="${2:-${BASENAME}_pages}"

# Create output directory
mkdir -p "$OUTPUT_DIR"

# Convert PDF pages to PNG
pdftoppm "$PDF_FILE" "$OUTPUT_DIR/${BASENAME}" -png

# Crop each PNG to remove white margins using ImageMagick
for img in "$OUTPUT_DIR"/*.png; do
  echo "Cropping $img..."
  convert "$img" -trim +repage "$img"
done

echo "Conversion and cropping complete. Images saved in: $OUTPUT_DIR/"