TIL How to Batch Compress PDF Files Using Ghostscript
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TIL How to Batch Compress PDF Files Using Ghostscript

Publish Date: Oct 6 '24
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brew install ghostscript
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#!/bin/bash
[ $# -lt 3 ] && { echo "Usage: $0 /input_dir /output_dir /quality"; exit 1; }
input_dir="$1"; output_dir="$2"; quality="$3"
mkdir -p "$output_dir"
for file in "$input_dir"/*.pdf; do
  base=$(basename "$file" .pdf)
  gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dPDFSETTINGS="$quality" -dNOPAUSE -dQUIET -dBATCH -sOutputFile="$output_dir/${base}_compressed.pdf" "$file"
done
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./compress_pdfs.sh /path/to/input /path/to/output /quality_setting
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Quality options: /screen, /ebook, /printer, /prepress.

Say goodbye to online pdf converters.

Originally posted on: https://graffino.com/til/til-how-to-batch-compress-pdf-files-using-ghostscript

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