Last Updated or created 2023-07-18

2023-01-11 Updated the script! More functions

I’m using below scripts to generate tunebooks.
These books I can print OR view on a tablet using my DIY bluetooth page turner. ( see other post )

I often work on tunes, add notes, text or write other versions.
So i needed a fast and simple way to re-generate a tunebook. ( hence the date on the title page and in the name, so i know whats the most recent version )
Now i have a separate tunebook for each instrument, with the same looks

What does this script?

• Generates a title page using Latex
• Generates a tune index, with page numbers ( works with multipage tunes )
• Adds bookmarks to the tunes, so you can use the bookmark link in your reader.
• Merges all pdf’s into one.
• Sets title/author
• Generic setup for multiple tunebooks
• Generates ABC pdf and includes these

Todo: embed page numbers on every page?

BASH script:

#!/bin/bash
#sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-extra

### REMOVE OLD BOOKMARKS
ls *pdf | while read; do
rm -f "/tmp/$$.pdf"
cp "$REPLY" /tmp/$$.pdf
pdftk A=/tmp/$$.pdf cat A1-end output "$REPLY"
done


### GENERATE ABC 
if [ -d abc ] ; then
ls abc/*abc | while read abc ; do  abcm2ps -x -O - "$abc" | ps2pdf  -sPAPERSIZE=a4 - "$(echo  $abc | cut -f2 -d/ | sed 's/abc/pdf/g')" ;done
fi


nrpdf=$(ls *\.pdf | grep -vi index.pdf | grep -vi title.pdf | grep -v ^00  | wc -l)
echo "Tune PDFs in directory : $nrpdf"
pages=$(( $nrpdf / 126 ))
pages=$(( $pages + 1 ))
echo "Needed index pages : $pages"

# Extra pages : Number 002-999
extrapages=$( ls *pdf | egrep  ^00 | wc -l)
echo "Extra pages : $extrapages"

nr=$((  $extrapages  ))
echo "Total pages for tunes : $nr"
echo "create column page as text"
nr=$(( $nr +1 ))
echo $nr
ls *\.pdf | grep -vi index.pdf | grep -vi title.pdf | grep -v ^00 | sort | while read ; do 
echo "$nr $REPLY" 
next=$(exiftool "$REPLY" | awk -F": " '/Page Count/{print $2}')
nr=$(( $nr + $next ))
done | cut -f1,3- -d" " | cut -f1 -d. | sed s/\ a$//g | sed s/\ b$//g | pr -2 -t > /tmp/col
echo "Create Index pdf"
vim /tmp/col -c "set printfont=courier:h12"  -c":let &printheader = \" \""   -c "hardcopy > 001aIndex.ps | q"; ps2pdf 001aIndex.ps 

echo "Create title page pdf"
pdflatex "000 title.tex" 1>/dev/null

tempPDF=`mktemp`

echo -n "Add bookmarks : "
ls *\.pdf | grep -vi index.pdf | grep -vi title.pdf | grep -v ^00 | sort | while read i ; do
    bookmarkTitle=$( echo $i | cut -f2- -d" " | rev | cut -f2- -d. | rev)
    bookmarkInfo="BookmarkBegin\nBookmarkTitle: $bookmarkTitle\nBookmarkLevel: 1\nBookmarkPageNumber: 1"
    pdftk "$i" update_info_utf8 <(echo -en $bookmarkInfo) output $tempPDF >/dev/null
    mv $tempPDF "$i"
    echo -n "."
done
echo ""
set +x
#ls *\.pdf | grep ^[A-Z] | sort > /tmp/pdflist
name=$(pwd | rev | cut -f2 -d/ | rev)
echo $name
pdftk *pdf cat output "../${name}_$(date +%Y%m%d).pdf"
exiftool -Author="Henri Aanstoot" -Title="$name" "../${name}_$(date +%Y%m%d).pdf"

Needed tex file (named “000 title.tex”)

\documentclass[11pt]{report}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{anyfontsize}
\usepackage[a4paper, total={6in, 8in}]{geometry}

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{tgbonum}

\newlength{\drop}

\begin{document}
  \begin{titlepage}
    \drop=0.1\textheight
    \centering
    \vspace*{\baselineskip}
    \rule{\textwidth}{1.6pt}\vspace*{-\baselineskip}\vspace*{2pt}
    \rule{\textwidth}{0.4pt}\\[\baselineskip]
    {\fontsize{50}{60}\selectfont Irish Tunes Test Tunebook}
    \rule{\textwidth}{0.4pt}\vspace*{-\baselineskip}\vspace{3.2pt}
    \rule{\textwidth}{1.6pt}\\[\baselineskip]
    \scshape
	{\large Tunebook}\par
    \vspace*{2\baselineskip}
    {\itshape Henri - Exampletunes\par}
    \vfill
    {\scshape generated:} \\
    \today
  \end{titlepage}
\end{document}

File naming:

000 title
001 index
002 – 099 xyz (extra pages, not in index)
100 – 999 Tunes (sorting)

000 title.pdf
001aIndex.pdf
002 tuneinfo.pdf
100 The Battle of Aughrim.pdf
101 I was born for sports.pdf
105 Cerlew Jig.pdf
110 Chanters Song.pdf
115 Gander at the Pratie Hole.pdf
120 honeymoon.pdf
125 Kitty Goes a-Milking.pdf
130 Terribus.pdf

Output from the script

 ./generatebook
Tune PDFs in directory : 8
Needed index pages : 1
Extra pages : 1
Total pages for tunes : 3
create column page as text
Create Index pdf
Create title page pdf
Add bookmarks : ........

Needed software:

pdftk, pdflatex, vim, exiftool, texlive-fonts-recommended