#!/bin/bash pdf="$1" size=$(pdfinfo "$pdf" | awk '/^Page size:/{ a = $3 b = $5 if (a >= 419 && a <= 421 && b >= 594 && b <= 596 ) print "a5" if (a >= 594 && a <= 596 && b >= 419 && b <= 421 ) print "a5" if (a >= 594 && a <= 596 && b >= 841 && b <= 843 ) print "a4" if (a >= 841 && a <= 843 && b >= 594 && b <= 596 ) print "a4" if (a >= 841 && a <= 843 && b >= 1189 && b <= 1191) print "a3" if (a >= 1189 && a <= 1191 && b >= 841 && b <= 843 ) print "a3" }') pages=$(pdfinfo "$pdf" | awk '/Pages:/{print $2}') size=${size:-a4} test $pages -ne 4 -o -z "$size" && exit recto=$(mktemp -d /dev/shm/XXXXXXXX) verso=$(mktemp -d /dev/shm/XXXXXXXX) output=$(mktemp --dry-run /dev/shm/XXXXXXXX.pdf) if test $size = "a3"; then size="a4" gs -o $output -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sPAPERSIZE=$size -dFIXEDMEDIA -dPDFFitPage -dCompatibilityLevel=1.6 "$pdf" else cp "$pdf" $output fi booksize="a$((${size//[^45]}-1))" pdfjam --paper ${booksize}paper --nup 2x1 --landscape --outfile $recto "$output" 4 "$output" 1 pdfjam --paper ${booksize}paper --nup 2x1 --landscape --outfile $verso "$output" 2 "$output" 3 pdftk A=$(find $recto -name "*pdf") B=$(find $verso -name "*pdf") cat A B output "${pdf%/*}/livret-${pdf##*/}" rm -fr $recto $verso $output