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PDF Shrinker

A command-line bash script to recursively shrink all PDF documents within a folder and it's subfolders

Tech-stack:

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Instructions:

  • It’s is a bash script designed to work on Linux-based operating systems (Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, PopOS etc)

  • Clone the repo. Place the .sh script file inside the folder containing all your PDF documents within it or any of it’s sub-folders

  • Run below commands to give permission and execute the script. The script takes a few minutes to finish so don’t panic if it feels stuck

    # Grant permission for the script to execute
sudo chmod +x shrink_script.sh
# Execute the script
./shrink_script.sh