#!/bin/bash # # Syntax: pdl [-h] # # Purpose: Shows the most recently changed .pdf file in the current directory # using xpdf. # The -h flag shows the help info for this command. # Created: Feb 9, 2005 by Bart De Schutter # Last revised: Jan 2, 2011 by Bart De Schutter # # See http://www.deschutter.info/util/scripts.html for the latest version of # this script. # Status: public # Category: pdf if [ $# -ge 1 -a "$1" = "-h" ]; then sed '/^$/q;/^#!/d;s/^# //;s/^#//' $0 >&2 exit 1 fi if [ $# -ne 0 ]; then echo >&2 echo >&2 "ERROR: ${0##*/} requires no input arguments." echo >&2 sed '/^$/q;/^#!/d;s/^# //;s/^#//' $0 >&2 exit 1 fi pdffile=$( (ls -t *.pdf | head -n 1) 2>/dev/null) if [ -n "$pdffile" ]; then xpdf -z page "$pdffile" & else echo "No .pdf files found in the current directory." fi