How to send a zip file containing bunch of pdf's directly to a printer?
I receive regularly a bunch of pdf's as a single zip file. I would like to send these directly to a printer.
I found a nice script which allows using the right-click context menu to send the pdf's directly to a printer.
Print pdf file directly without opening it?
Now I would like to modify the script so that it would unzip the file and then send the pdf's to printer. How can I accomplish this?
command-line printing pdf unzip
asked Feb 8 at 9:53
Ossi ViljakainenOssi Viljakainen
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I receive regularly a bunch of pdf's as a single zip file. I would like to send these directly to a printer.
I found a nice script which allows using the right-click context menu to send the pdf's directly to a printer.
Print pdf file directly without opening it?
Now I would like to modify the script so that it would unzip the file and then send the pdf's to printer. How can I accomplish this?
command-line printing pdf unzip
asked Feb 8 at 9:53
Ossi ViljakainenOssi Viljakainen
1051210
add a comment |
I receive regularly a bunch of pdf's as a single zip file. I would like to send these directly to a printer.
I found a nice script which allows using the right-click context menu to send the pdf's directly to a printer.
Print pdf file directly without opening it?
Now I would like to modify the script so that it would unzip the file and then send the pdf's to printer. How can I accomplish this?
command-line printing pdf unzip
asked Feb 8 at 9:53
Ossi ViljakainenOssi Viljakainen
1051210
I receive regularly a bunch of pdf's as a single zip file. I would like to send these directly to a printer.
I found a nice script which allows using the right-click context menu to send the pdf's directly to a printer.
Print pdf file directly without opening it?
Now I would like to modify the script so that it would unzip the file and then send the pdf's to printer. How can I accomplish this?
command-line printing pdf unzip
command-line printing pdf unzip
asked Feb 8 at 9:53
Ossi ViljakainenOssi Viljakainen
1051210
asked Feb 8 at 9:53
Ossi ViljakainenOssi Viljakainen
1051210
asked Feb 8 at 9:53
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If you want a simple "one liner", you can use the -p option of unzip
-p extract files to pipe (stdout).
Nothing but the file data is sent to stdout, and the files are always
extracted in binary format, just as they are stored (no conversions).
So it's a matter of piping the output to lpr:
unzip -p archive_with_lots_of_pdfs.zip | lpr
and you can easily adapt the script you linked to use this command.
Note that the -c option is similar
-c extract files to stdout/screen (``CRT'').
But it prints the filename before the actual content. This will break your lpr command and probably will print garbage.
answered Feb 8 at 10:06
Mr ShunzMr Shunz
2,49121922
Great! I tried, with the following command, but it printed only the first pdf contained in the zipfile. $ unzip -p invoices_11379 (20).zip | lpr
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 14 at 14:38
add a comment |
Try this:
mkdir -p files
unzip pdfs.zip -d files
lpr files/*.pdf
- Command will create directory
- Unzip zip to
filesdirectory - Print all pdf files
Edit, nautilus script:
#!/bin/bash
mkdir -p /tmp/unzip_files
unzip "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_CURRENT_URI" -d /tmp/unzip_files #unzip selected files to tmp directory
lpr -r /tmp/unzip_files/*.pdf #print and remove file
answered Feb 8 at 9:57
MatejMatej
11113
How to make this into a script that I can save in nautilus scripts, so that I could envoke it throught the right-click menu in nautilus?
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 14 at 13:59
1
@OssiViljakainen I don't have nautilus installed but after googling some things about it, I edited answer with code for it. It should work, so try it.
– Matej
Feb 14 at 14:27
I tried your above solution: the individual lines do work. But the script doesn't. The issue with the script is that I think the variable "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_CURRENT_URI" doesn't give the URI correctly, and as a result the script doesn't do anything.
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 26 at 9:16
should echo command be used, along these lines: frenssen.be/…
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 26 at 9:28
add a comment |
Now got it working.
One must use "NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS" as there are multiple files.
#!/bin/bash
current_nautilus_path=$(echo "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS" | sed -e 's/%/\x/g' -e 's_^file://__' | xargs -0 printf "%b") #get the URI variable from nautilus
mkdir -p /tmp/unzip_files "$current_nautilus_path" -d /tmp/unzip_files #unzip selected files to tmp directory
lpr -r /tmp/unzip_files/*.pdf #print and remove file
answered Feb 27 at 18:55
Ossi ViljakainenOssi Viljakainen
1051210
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If you want a simple "one liner", you can use the -p option of unzip
-p extract files to pipe (stdout).
Nothing but the file data is sent to stdout, and the files are always
extracted in binary format, just as they are stored (no conversions).
So it's a matter of piping the output to lpr:
unzip -p archive_with_lots_of_pdfs.zip | lpr
and you can easily adapt the script you linked to use this command.
Note that the -c option is similar
-c extract files to stdout/screen (``CRT'').
But it prints the filename before the actual content. This will break your lpr command and probably will print garbage.
answered Feb 8 at 10:06
Mr ShunzMr Shunz
2,49121922
Great! I tried, with the following command, but it printed only the first pdf contained in the zipfile. $ unzip -p invoices_11379 (20).zip | lpr
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 14 at 14:38
add a comment |
If you want a simple "one liner", you can use the -p option of unzip
-p extract files to pipe (stdout).
Nothing but the file data is sent to stdout, and the files are always
extracted in binary format, just as they are stored (no conversions).
So it's a matter of piping the output to lpr:
unzip -p archive_with_lots_of_pdfs.zip | lpr
and you can easily adapt the script you linked to use this command.
Note that the -c option is similar
-c extract files to stdout/screen (``CRT'').
But it prints the filename before the actual content. This will break your lpr command and probably will print garbage.
answered Feb 8 at 10:06
Mr ShunzMr Shunz
2,49121922
Great! I tried, with the following command, but it printed only the first pdf contained in the zipfile. $ unzip -p invoices_11379 (20).zip | lpr
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 14 at 14:38
add a comment |
If you want a simple "one liner", you can use the -p option of unzip
-p extract files to pipe (stdout).
Nothing but the file data is sent to stdout, and the files are always
extracted in binary format, just as they are stored (no conversions).
So it's a matter of piping the output to lpr:
unzip -p archive_with_lots_of_pdfs.zip | lpr
and you can easily adapt the script you linked to use this command.
Note that the -c option is similar
-c extract files to stdout/screen (``CRT'').
But it prints the filename before the actual content. This will break your lpr command and probably will print garbage.
answered Feb 8 at 10:06
Mr ShunzMr Shunz
2,49121922
If you want a simple "one liner", you can use the -p option of unzip
-p extract files to pipe (stdout).
Nothing but the file data is sent to stdout, and the files are always
extracted in binary format, just as they are stored (no conversions).
So it's a matter of piping the output to lpr:
unzip -p archive_with_lots_of_pdfs.zip | lpr
and you can easily adapt the script you linked to use this command.
Note that the -c option is similar
-c extract files to stdout/screen (``CRT'').
But it prints the filename before the actual content. This will break your lpr command and probably will print garbage.
answered Feb 8 at 10:06
Mr ShunzMr Shunz
2,49121922
edited Feb 8 at 17:26
answered Feb 8 at 10:06
Mr ShunzMr Shunz
2,49121922
answered Feb 8 at 10:06
Mr ShunzMr Shunz
2,49121922
answered Feb 8 at 10:06
Mr ShunzMr Shunz
2,49121922
2,49121922
Great! I tried, with the following command, but it printed only the first pdf contained in the zipfile. $ unzip -p invoices_11379 (20).zip | lpr
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 14 at 14:38
add a comment |
Great! I tried, with the following command, but it printed only the first pdf contained in the zipfile. $ unzip -p invoices_11379 (20).zip | lpr
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 14 at 14:38
Great! I tried, with the following command, but it printed only the first pdf contained in the zipfile. $ unzip -p invoices_11379 (20).zip | lpr
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 14 at 14:38
Great! I tried, with the following command, but it printed only the first pdf contained in the zipfile. $ unzip -p invoices_11379 (20).zip | lpr
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 14 at 14:38
add a comment |
Try this:
mkdir -p files
unzip pdfs.zip -d files
lpr files/*.pdf
- Command will create directory
- Unzip zip to
filesdirectory - Print all pdf files
Edit, nautilus script:
#!/bin/bash
mkdir -p /tmp/unzip_files
unzip "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_CURRENT_URI" -d /tmp/unzip_files #unzip selected files to tmp directory
lpr -r /tmp/unzip_files/*.pdf #print and remove file
answered Feb 8 at 9:57
MatejMatej
11113
How to make this into a script that I can save in nautilus scripts, so that I could envoke it throught the right-click menu in nautilus?
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 14 at 13:59
1
@OssiViljakainen I don't have nautilus installed but after googling some things about it, I edited answer with code for it. It should work, so try it.
– Matej
Feb 14 at 14:27
I tried your above solution: the individual lines do work. But the script doesn't. The issue with the script is that I think the variable "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_CURRENT_URI" doesn't give the URI correctly, and as a result the script doesn't do anything.
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 26 at 9:16
should echo command be used, along these lines: frenssen.be/…
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 26 at 9:28
add a comment |
Try this:
mkdir -p files
unzip pdfs.zip -d files
lpr files/*.pdf
- Command will create directory
- Unzip zip to
filesdirectory - Print all pdf files
Edit, nautilus script:
#!/bin/bash
mkdir -p /tmp/unzip_files
unzip "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_CURRENT_URI" -d /tmp/unzip_files #unzip selected files to tmp directory
lpr -r /tmp/unzip_files/*.pdf #print and remove file
answered Feb 8 at 9:57
MatejMatej
11113
How to make this into a script that I can save in nautilus scripts, so that I could envoke it throught the right-click menu in nautilus?
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 14 at 13:59
1
@OssiViljakainen I don't have nautilus installed but after googling some things about it, I edited answer with code for it. It should work, so try it.
– Matej
Feb 14 at 14:27
I tried your above solution: the individual lines do work. But the script doesn't. The issue with the script is that I think the variable "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_CURRENT_URI" doesn't give the URI correctly, and as a result the script doesn't do anything.
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 26 at 9:16
should echo command be used, along these lines: frenssen.be/…
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 26 at 9:28
add a comment |
Try this:
mkdir -p files
unzip pdfs.zip -d files
lpr files/*.pdf
- Command will create directory
- Unzip zip to
filesdirectory - Print all pdf files
Edit, nautilus script:
#!/bin/bash
mkdir -p /tmp/unzip_files
unzip "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_CURRENT_URI" -d /tmp/unzip_files #unzip selected files to tmp directory
lpr -r /tmp/unzip_files/*.pdf #print and remove file
answered Feb 8 at 9:57
MatejMatej
11113
Try this:
mkdir -p files
unzip pdfs.zip -d files
lpr files/*.pdf
- Command will create directory
- Unzip zip to
filesdirectory - Print all pdf files
Edit, nautilus script:
#!/bin/bash
mkdir -p /tmp/unzip_files
unzip "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_CURRENT_URI" -d /tmp/unzip_files #unzip selected files to tmp directory
lpr -r /tmp/unzip_files/*.pdf #print and remove file
answered Feb 8 at 9:57
MatejMatej
11113
edited Feb 14 at 14:26
answered Feb 8 at 9:57
MatejMatej
11113
answered Feb 8 at 9:57
MatejMatej
11113
answered Feb 8 at 9:57
MatejMatej
11113
11113
How to make this into a script that I can save in nautilus scripts, so that I could envoke it throught the right-click menu in nautilus?
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 14 at 13:59
1
@OssiViljakainen I don't have nautilus installed but after googling some things about it, I edited answer with code for it. It should work, so try it.
– Matej
Feb 14 at 14:27
I tried your above solution: the individual lines do work. But the script doesn't. The issue with the script is that I think the variable "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_CURRENT_URI" doesn't give the URI correctly, and as a result the script doesn't do anything.
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 26 at 9:16
should echo command be used, along these lines: frenssen.be/…
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 26 at 9:28
add a comment |
How to make this into a script that I can save in nautilus scripts, so that I could envoke it throught the right-click menu in nautilus?
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 14 at 13:59
1
@OssiViljakainen I don't have nautilus installed but after googling some things about it, I edited answer with code for it. It should work, so try it.
– Matej
Feb 14 at 14:27
I tried your above solution: the individual lines do work. But the script doesn't. The issue with the script is that I think the variable "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_CURRENT_URI" doesn't give the URI correctly, and as a result the script doesn't do anything.
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 26 at 9:16
should echo command be used, along these lines: frenssen.be/…
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 26 at 9:28
How to make this into a script that I can save in nautilus scripts, so that I could envoke it throught the right-click menu in nautilus?
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 14 at 13:59
How to make this into a script that I can save in nautilus scripts, so that I could envoke it throught the right-click menu in nautilus?
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 14 at 13:59
1
1
@OssiViljakainen I don't have nautilus installed but after googling some things about it, I edited answer with code for it. It should work, so try it.
– Matej
Feb 14 at 14:27
@OssiViljakainen I don't have nautilus installed but after googling some things about it, I edited answer with code for it. It should work, so try it.
– Matej
Feb 14 at 14:27
I tried your above solution: the individual lines do work. But the script doesn't. The issue with the script is that I think the variable "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_CURRENT_URI" doesn't give the URI correctly, and as a result the script doesn't do anything.
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 26 at 9:16
I tried your above solution: the individual lines do work. But the script doesn't. The issue with the script is that I think the variable "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_CURRENT_URI" doesn't give the URI correctly, and as a result the script doesn't do anything.
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 26 at 9:16
should echo command be used, along these lines: frenssen.be/…
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 26 at 9:28
should echo command be used, along these lines: frenssen.be/…
– Ossi Viljakainen
Feb 26 at 9:28
add a comment |
Now got it working.
One must use "NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS" as there are multiple files.
#!/bin/bash
current_nautilus_path=$(echo "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS" | sed -e 's/%/\x/g' -e 's_^file://__' | xargs -0 printf "%b") #get the URI variable from nautilus
mkdir -p /tmp/unzip_files "$current_nautilus_path" -d /tmp/unzip_files #unzip selected files to tmp directory
lpr -r /tmp/unzip_files/*.pdf #print and remove file
answered Feb 27 at 18:55
Ossi ViljakainenOssi Viljakainen
1051210
add a comment |
Now got it working.
One must use "NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS" as there are multiple files.
#!/bin/bash
current_nautilus_path=$(echo "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS" | sed -e 's/%/\x/g' -e 's_^file://__' | xargs -0 printf "%b") #get the URI variable from nautilus
mkdir -p /tmp/unzip_files "$current_nautilus_path" -d /tmp/unzip_files #unzip selected files to tmp directory
lpr -r /tmp/unzip_files/*.pdf #print and remove file
answered Feb 27 at 18:55
Ossi ViljakainenOssi Viljakainen
1051210
add a comment |
Now got it working.
One must use "NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS" as there are multiple files.
#!/bin/bash
current_nautilus_path=$(echo "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS" | sed -e 's/%/\x/g' -e 's_^file://__' | xargs -0 printf "%b") #get the URI variable from nautilus
mkdir -p /tmp/unzip_files "$current_nautilus_path" -d /tmp/unzip_files #unzip selected files to tmp directory
lpr -r /tmp/unzip_files/*.pdf #print and remove file
answered Feb 27 at 18:55
Ossi ViljakainenOssi Viljakainen
1051210
Now got it working.
One must use "NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS" as there are multiple files.
#!/bin/bash
current_nautilus_path=$(echo "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS" | sed -e 's/%/\x/g' -e 's_^file://__' | xargs -0 printf "%b") #get the URI variable from nautilus
mkdir -p /tmp/unzip_files "$current_nautilus_path" -d /tmp/unzip_files #unzip selected files to tmp directory
lpr -r /tmp/unzip_files/*.pdf #print and remove file
answered Feb 27 at 18:55
Ossi ViljakainenOssi Viljakainen
1051210
answered Feb 27 at 18:55
Ossi ViljakainenOssi Viljakainen
1051210
answered Feb 27 at 18:55
Ossi ViljakainenOssi Viljakainen
1051210
answered Feb 27 at 18:55
Ossi ViljakainenOssi Viljakainen
1051210
1051210
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