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#!/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