From 46a3e6984a970478e5f3266ef4ff04ad66bdfd14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alban Gebler <alban.gebler@idiv.de>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2024 12:41:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] help option -h|--help added
---
pdfform.sh | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/pdfform.sh b/pdfform.sh
index 7b2746e..32111a3 100644
--- a/pdfform.sh
+++ b/pdfform.sh
@@ -10,14 +10,29 @@
## v3 24-01-15 alban: add acceptance for wildcard *
## v4 24-01-17 alban: add file type check
## v5 24-01-23 alban: add binary check
+## v6 24-02-08 alban: add direct help option call
##
helptext () {
- echo "\n Use with one or more files (spaces in file name need quoting or escaping): \n ${0##*/} Example_1.pdf \"Example 2.pdf\" Example\ 3.pdf \n \n Can be used also with wildcard: \n ${0##*/} More_Examples_*.pdf \n\n"
+ echo "\
+ \n\
+ This bash script rewrites the already filled in text of PDF forms \n\
+ to keep text visible in some viewer's (e.g. okular from KDE) display mode: \n\
+ ${0##*/} PDF_1 [... PDF_n] \n\
+ or prints this help text again: \n\
+ ${0##*/} --help | -h \n\
+ \n\
+ Use with one or more files (spaces in file name need quoting or escaping): \n\
+ ${0##*/} Example_1.pdf \"Example 2.pdf\" Example\ 3.pdf \n\
+ \n\
+ Can be used also with wildcard: \n\
+ ${0##*/} More_Examples_*.pdf \n\
+ \n\
+ "
}
-## check for binaries needed
+## check for needed binaries
## give needed binaries as space-seperated entries in variable $progs2check
##
progs2check="pdftk"
@@ -30,7 +45,11 @@ for prog in $progs2check; do
done
## help request as parameter
-# TBD
+case "$1" in
+ -h|--help) helptext
+ exit 0
+ ;;
+esac
## no parameter
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
@@ -59,5 +78,3 @@ for param in $*; do
echo " Result: ${newfilename}"
done
-
-
--
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