#!/bin/bash set +x pandoc --listings doc.md -o doc.tex pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode main.tex #calculate pages to extract first and last for cover pages=$(pdfinfo main.pdf | awk '/^Pages:/ {print $2}') # split cover from guts to add correct signature pdfjam main.pdf 1,$((pages)) -o cover.pdf pdfjam main.pdf 2-$((pages-1)) -o guts.pdf # # insert blank pages after front cover and before back cover pdfjam cover.pdf '1,{},{},2' --outfile cover.pdf # calculate pages for guts signature length pages="$(pdfinfo guts.pdf | awk '/^Pages:/ {print $2}')" rem=$((pages%4)) extra=$((4-rem%4)) sig=$((pages+extra)) # booklet print pdfbook2 -n cover.pdf pdfbook2 -n --signature="$sig" guts.pdf # pdfbook2 -n --short-edge cover.pdf # pdfbook2 -n --signature="$sig" --short-edge guts.pdf # put them back together! pdfunite cover-book.pdf guts-book.pdf print-zine.pdf mv main.pdf read-zine.pdf # directory cleanup mv -t .build ./*.aux ./*.log ./*.out doc.tex cover.pdf guts.pdf cover-book.pdf guts-book.pdf