#!/bin/sh # http://www.alfredklomp.com/programming/shrinkpdf # Licensed under the 3-clause BSD license: # # Copyright (c) 2014, Alfred Klomp # All rights reserved. # # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without # modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, # this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. # 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, # this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation # and/or other materials provided with the distribution. # 3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors # may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software # without specific prior written permission. # # THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE # IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE # ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE # LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR # CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF # SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS # INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN # CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) # ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE # POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. shrink () { gs \ -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dSAFER \ -sDEVICE=pdfwrite \ -dCompatibilityLevel=1.3 \ -dPDFSETTINGS=/screen \ -dEmbedAllFonts=true \ -dSubsetFonts=true \ -dAutoRotatePages=/None \ -dColorImageDownsampleType=/Bicubic \ -dColorImageResolution=$3 \ -dGrayImageDownsampleType=/Bicubic \ -dGrayImageResolution=$3 \ -dMonoImageDownsampleType=/Bicubic \ -dMonoImageResolution=$3 \ -sOutputFile="$2" \ "$1" } check_smaller () { # If $1 and $2 are regular files, we can compare file sizes to # see if we succeeded in shrinking. If not, we copy $1 over $2: if [ ! -f "$1" -o ! -f "$2" ]; then return 0; fi ISIZE="$(echo $(wc -c "$1") | cut -f1 -d\ )" OSIZE="$(echo $(wc -c "$2") | cut -f1 -d\ )" if [ "$ISIZE" -lt "$OSIZE" ]; then echo "Input smaller than output, doing straight copy" >&2 cp "$1" "$2" fi } usage () { echo "Reduces PDF filesize by lossy recompressing with Ghostscript." echo "Not guaranteed to succeed, but usually works." echo " Usage: $1 infile [outfile] [resolution_in_dpi]" } IFILE="$1" # Need an input file: if [ -z "$IFILE" ]; then usage "$0" exit 1 fi # Output filename defaults to "-" (stdout) unless given: if [ ! -z "$2" ]; then OFILE="$2" else OFILE="-" fi # Output resolution defaults to 72 unless given: if [ ! -z "$3" ]; then res="$3" else res="72" fi shrink "$IFILE" "$OFILE" "$res" || exit $? check_smaller "$IFILE" "$OFILE"