Create backup.sh

timosarkar · Dec 12, 2024 · b8c49e4 · b8c49e4
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This script converts programming files (like .c, .py, .txt) into PDFs so I can print them physically as a very primitive backup stategy :)
+# Install:
+# sudo apt-get install enscript
+# sudo apt-get install ghostscript
+# Usage: ./backup.sh file1.txt file2.py
+
+# Function to convert a single file to PDF
+convert_to_pdf() {
+    input_file=$1
+    output_file="${input_file%.*}.pdf"
+
+    # Use enscript to convert the text file to PostScript
+    # Remove unsupported options for page length and line spacing
+    enscript --output=- --font=Courier8 "$input_file" | ps2pdf - "$output_file"
+
+    echo "Converted $input_file to $output_file"
+}
+
+# Loop through all input files
+for file in "$@"; do
+    if [ -f "$file" ]; then
+        convert_to_pdf "$file"
+    else
+        echo "File $file not found."
+    fi
+done