[SOLVED] batch convert text files to pdf

Pedroski · 12-16-2018, 02:42 AM

I have some simple text files. I want to print them using Python and the module cups. This cups python module can't handle .odt or .docx.

Quote:

>>> conn.printFile('EPSON-L350-Series', '/home/pedro/getEmailtexts/stragglers/17BElate.odt', 'test', {})
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#19>", line 1, in <module>
conn.printFile('EPSON-L350-Series', '/home/pedro/getEmailtexts/stragglers/17BElate.odt', 'test', {})
cups.IPPError: (1034, 'Unsupported document-format "application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text".')

If I print the text file, it prints right along the top edge of the page and almost on the right edge of the page.

This prints the pdf in Python:

Quote:

conn.printFile('EPSON-L350-Series', '/home/pedro/getEmailtexts/stragglers/17BElate.pdf', 'test', {})

If I print as pdf in Python, it looks ok. So I need to convert 300+ text files to pdf.

I have the python module text2pdf, but I can't find docs to show the usage. However, in bash text2pdf works.

Quote:

pedro@pedro-newssd:~/getEmailtexts/stragglers$ text2pdf -o 17BElate.pdf 17BElate.txt

So I just need to batch this command for bash and convert the whole directory contents.

Any tips please??

ondoho · 12-16-2018, 02:59 AM

Code:

for i in *.txt; do text2pdf -o "$i".pdf "$i"; done

Pedroski · 12-16-2018, 05:43 AM

Thanks, works like a dream. In the pdf the text has the top cut off a bit, but it prints ok!

Thanks a lot!