Mithat Konar (the wiki)

#!/bin/bash
 
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# Copyright (C) 2013 Mithat Konar <http://mithatkonar.com>
 
# DESTRUCTIVELY (but non-recursively) convert all files in the working
# directory ending in ".svg" to pdf format.
 
# Requires inkscape, zenity.
 
EXT_IN=.svg
EXT_OUT=.pdf
OPTIONS=""
 
SCRIPTNAME="$(basename $0)"
 
# Make list of files to be processed.
FILES=$(ls -1 *${EXT_IN} 2>/dev/null) || { zenity --title "$SCRIPTNAME" --warning --text "<b>Nothing to convert!</b>
 
No *${EXT_IN} files found."; exit 1; }
 
# Get confirmation from user to continue.
zenity --title "$SCRIPTNAME" \
  --question \
  --text "<b>Desctructively convert the following to PDF?</b>
 
$FILES" || exit 1
 
# Make a temp file to store batch commands.
CMDFILE=$(mktemp) || { zenity --title "$SCRIPTNAME" --error --text "Error: Could not create temp file."; exit 1; }
 
# Build up the list of commands in temp file.
for file in $FILES
do
    base=$(basename $file ${EXT_IN})
    echo "${file} --export-pdf=${base}${EXT_OUT}" >> $CMDFILE
done
 
# Process commands in a batch.
(DISPLAY= inkscape ${OPTIONS} --shell < $CMDFILE
rm -f $CMDFILE) | zenity --title="$SCRIPTNAME" \
  --progress --pulsate --auto-close --auto-kill \
  --text="Processing files ..."
 
# Delete old files.
# Since inkscape exits with 0 even with errors, we need to explicitly check
# for conversion before deleting originals.
not_deleted=""
for file in $FILES
do
    base=$(basename $file ${EXT_IN})
    if [[ -f ${base}${EXT_OUT} ]]; then
        rm $file
    else
        not_deleted="$not_deleted
$file"
    fi
done
 
if [[ "x$not_deleted" != "x" ]] ; then
    zenity --title "$SCRIPTNAME" \
      --error \
      --text "<b>The following files were not deleted:</b>
$not_deleted"
    exit 1
fi