I tried this "Nautilus script".
https://askubuntu.com/questions/280312/gui-program-to-resize-pdf-documents-and-change-their-dpi
#! /bin/bash
# AUTHOR: (c) Ricardo Ferreira, oriolpont -- modified in accordance to
https://askubuntu.com/q/280618/81372
# NAME: Compress PDF 1.4.2
# DESCRIPTION: A nice Nautilus script with a GUI to compress and optimize
PDF files
# REQUIRES: ghostscript, poppler-utils, zenity, sed, python-notify (optional)
# LICENSE: GNU GPL v3 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html)
# WEBSITE: https://launchpad.net/compress-pdf
VERSION="1.4.2"
COMPRESSPDF_BATCH_ABORT_ERR=115
# Messages
# English (en-US)
error_nofiles="No file selected."
error_noquality="No optimization level selected."
error_ghostscript="PDF Compress requires the ghostscript package,
which is not installed. Please install it and try again."
error_nopdf="At least one of the selected file(s) is not a valid PDF
archive."
label_filename="Save PDF as..."
label_level="Please choose an optimization level below."
optimization_level="Optimization Level"
level_default="Default" # apparently close to High Quality
level_screen="Screen-view only (72dpi)"
level_low="Low Quality (150dpi)"
level_high="High Quality (300dpi)"
level_color="High Quality (Color Preserving) (300dpi)"
job_done="has been successfully compressed"
filename_suffix="_opt"
label_suffix="Choose the suffix for the filenames."
warning_overwrite="That will overwrite the original pdf files."
case $LANG in
pt* )
# Portuguese (pt-PT)
error_nofiles="Nenhum ficheiro seleccionado."
error_noquality="Nenhum nível de optimização escolhido."
error_ghostscript="O PDF Compress necessita do pacote ghostscript,
que não está instalado. Por favor instale-o e tente novamente."
error_nopdf="O ficheiro seleccionado não é um ficheiro PDF
válido."
label_filename="Guardar PDF como..."
label_level="Por favor escolha um nível de optimização abaixo."
optimization_level="Nível de Optimização"
level_default="Normal"
level_screen="Visualização no Ecrã"
level_low="Baixa Qualidade"
level_high="Alta Qualidade"
level_color="Alta Qualidade (Preservação de Cores)"
job_done="foi comprimido com sucesso"
filename_suffix="-otimizado";;
es* )
# Spanish (es-AR) by Eduardo Battaglia
error_nofiles="Ningún archivo seleccionado."
error_noquality="Ningún nivel de optimización escogido."
error_ghostscript="Compress PDF necesita el paquete ghostscript, que
no está instalado. Por favor instálelo e intente nuevamente."
label_filename="Guardar PDF como..."
label_level="Por favor escoja un nivel de optimización debajo."
optimization_level="Nivel de Optimización"
level_default="Normal"
level_screen="Sólo visualización"
level_low="Baja calidad"
level_high="Alta calidad"
level_color="Alta calidad (Preservación de Colores)"
filename_suffix="-optimizado";;
cs*)
# Czech (cz-CZ) by Martin Pavlík
error_nofiles="Nebyl vybrán žádný soubor."
error_noquality="Nebyla zvolena úroveň optimalizace."
error_ghostscript="PDF Compress vyžaduje balíček ghostscript,
který není nainstalován. Nainstalujte jej prosím a opakujte akci."
label_filename="Uložit PDF jako..."
label_level="Prosím vyberte úroveň optimalizace z níže
uvedených."
optimization_level="Úroveň optimalizace"
level_default="Výchozí"
level_screen="Pouze pro čtení na obrazovce"
level_low="Nízká kvalita"
level_high="Vysoká kvalita"
level_color="Vysoká kvalita (se zachováním barev)"
filename_suffix="-optimalizované";;
fr*)
# French (fr-FR) by Astromb
error_nofiles="Aucun fichier sélectionné"
error_noquality="Aucun niveau d'optimisation sélectionné"
error_ghostscript="PDF Compress a besoin du paquet ghostscript, mais
il n'est pas installé. Merci de l'installer et d'essayer à nouveau."
error_nopdf="Le fichier que vous avez sélectionné n'est pas un PDF
valide."
label_filename="Sauvegarder le PDF sous..."
label_level="Merci de choisir, ci-dessous, un niveau d'optimisation."
optimization_level="Niveau d'optimisation"
level_default="Défaut"
level_screen="Affichage à l'écran"
level_low="Basse qualité"
level_high="Haute qualité"
level_color="Haute qualité (Couleurs préservées)"
filename_suffix="-optimisé";;
zh_CN*)
# Simplified Chinese (zh_CN) by TualatriX Chou
error_nofiles="没有选择文件。"
error_noquality="没有优化优化等级。"
error_ghostscript="PDF压缩需要ghostscript软件包，但是它没有安装。请先安装然后再重试。"
error_nopdf="选择的文件不是一个有效的PDF文件"
label_filename="另存为PDF..."
label_level="请在下面选择优化等级"
optimization_level="优化等级"
level_default="默认"
level_screen="仅在屏幕上浏览"
level_low="低品质"
level_high="高品质"
level_color="高品质（护色） "
filename_suffix="-优化";;
ar*)
# Arabic (ar) by Mohammed hasan Taha
error_nofiles="لم يتم اختيار ملف"
error_noquality="لم يتم اختيار درجة الضغط"
error_ghostscript="هذا السكربت يحتاج حزمة
ghostscript package لذا يرجى تنصيبها ثم اعادة
المحاولة"
error_nopdf="الملف الذي تم اختياره ليس ملف
pdf صالح"
label_filename="حفظ الملف باسم"
label_level="الرجاء اختيار درجة الضغط"
optimization_level="درجة الضغط"
level_default="افتراضي"
level_screen="عرض للشاشة فقط(الدرجة الأكثر
انخفاضا)"
level_low="جودة منخفضة"
level_high="جودة مرتفعة"
level_color="جودة عالية جدا"
filename_suffix="-الأمثل";;
ml_IN*)
# Malayalam (ml_IN) by Hrishikesh K B
error_nofiles="ഒരു ഫയലും
തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്തിട്ടില്ല."
error_noquality="യാതൊരു
ഒപ്റ്റിമൈസേഷന് ലെവലും
തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്തിട്ടില്ല."
error_ghostscript="പി ഡി എഫ്
കംപ്രസ്സറിന് ഗോസ്റ്റ്
സ്ക്രിപ്റ്റ് പാക്കേജ്
ആവശ്യമാണ്. ആ പാക്കേജ്
ഇന്സ്റ്റാള് ചെയ്ത ശേഷം
ദയവായി വീണ്ടും ശ്രമിക്കുക."
error_nopdf="തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്ത ഫയല്
സാധുവായ ഒരു പിഡിഎഫ്
ആര്ച്ചീവ് അല്ല."
label_filename="പിഡിഎഫ് ഇങ്ങിനെ
സംരക്ഷിക്കുക..."
label_level="ദയവായി താഴെ നിന്നും
ഒരു ഒപ്റ്റിമൈസേഷന് ലെവല്
തിരഞ്ഞെടുക്കുക."
optimization_level="ഒപ്റ്റിമൈസേഷന്
ലെവല് "
level_default="ഡീഫാള്ട്ട്"
level_screen="സ്ക്രീനില് കാണാന്
മാത്രം "
level_low="കുറഞ്ഞ നിലവാരം"
level_high="കൂടിയ നിലവാരം "
level_color="കൂടിയ നിലവാരം (നിറം
സംരക്ഷിച്ചിട്ടുള്ളത്)";;
he*)
# Hebrew (he-IL) by Yaron (from Launchpad question)
error_nofiles="לא נבחר אף קובץ."
error_noquality="לא נבחרה רמת הייעול."
error_ghostscript="התכנית PDF Compress דורשת את
החבילה ghostscript, שאינה מותקנת. נא להתקין אותה
ולנסות שוב."
error_nopdf="הקובץ הנבחר אינו ארכיון PDF
תקני."
label_filename="שמירת ה־ PDF בשם..."
label_level="נא לבחור את רמת הייעול להלן."
optimization_level="רמת הייעול"
level_default="בררת מחדל"
level_screen="לצפייה בצג בלבד"
level_low="איכות נמוכה"
level_high="איכות גבוהה"
level_color="איכות גבוהה (שימור הצבע)"
job_done="הדחיסה הסתיימה בהצלחה";;
esac
# Check if Zenity is installed
if ! ZENITY=$(which zenity)
then
echo "error: Compress PDF $VERSION needs zenity to run." # maybe we could
translate this someday
exit 1
fi
# Check if Ghostscript is installed
if ! GS=$(which gs)
then
$ZENITY --error --title="Compress PDF $VERSION"
--text="$error_ghostscript"
exit 1
fi
# Check if the user has selected any files
# if [ "x$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS" = "x" -o "$#" = "0" ] # we
double check. Remove the first part if you plan to manually invoke the script
if [ "$#" = "0" ] # removed nautilus specific variable to make the script
compatible with other file managers
then
$ZENITY --error --title="Compress PDF $VERSION" --text="$error_nofiles"
exit 1
fi
# Check if we can properly parse the arguments
INPUT=("$@")
N=("$#")
if [ "${#INPUT[@]}" != "$N" ] # comparing the number of arguments the script
is given with what it can count
then
$ZENITY --error --title="Compress PDF $VERSION" # if we arrive here,
there is something very messed
exit 1
fi
# Check if all the arguments are proper PDF files
for ARG in "$@"
do
IS_PDF=$(file --brief --mime-type "$ARG" | grep -i "/pdf") # ignoring
case for 'pdf'; as far as I know, the slash before (sth/pdf) is universal
mimetype output. In most cases we can even expect 'application/pdf'
(portability issues?).
if [ "x$IS_PDF" = x ]; then NOT_PDF=1; break; fi
done
if [ "x$NOT_PDF" != x ]
then
$ZENITY --error --title="Compress PDF $VERSION" --text="$error_nopdf"
exit 1
fi
# Everything is OK. We can go on.
# Ask the user to select an output format
selected_level=$($ZENITY --list --title="Compress PDF "$VERSION"" --text
"$label_level" --radiolist --column "" --column "$optimization_level" TRUE
"$level_default" FALSE "$level_screen" FALSE "$level_low" FALSE "$level_high"
FALSE "$level_color" --height 250 --width 400)
if [ "$?" != "0" -o "x$selected_level" = x ]; then exit 1; fi
# Select the optimization level to use
case $selected_level in
"$level_default")
COMP_COMMAND="/default"
;;
"$level_screen")
COMP_COMMAND="/screen"
;;
"$level_low")
COMP_COMMAND="/ebook"
;;
"$level_high")
COMP_COMMAND="/printer"
;;
"$level_color")
COMP_COMMAND="/prepress"
;;
esac
# Choose output filename(s)
if [ $# -eq 1 ]
then
pdf_file=$(basename "$1")
suggested_filename=${pdf_file%.*}${filename_suffix}.${pdf_file##*.}
output_filename=$($ZENITY --file-selection --save --confirm-overwrite
--filename="$PWD/$suggested_filename" --title="$label_filename")
if [ "$?" != "0" -o "x$output_filename" = x ]; then exit 1; fi
else
filename_suffix=$($ZENITY --entry --title="Compress PDF $VERSION"
--text="$label_suffix" --entry-text="$filename_suffix")
if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then exit 1; fi
if [ "x$filename_suffix" = x ]
then if ! $ZENITY --warning --title="Compress PDF $VERSION"
--text="$warning_overwrite"; then exit 1; fi
fi
case "$filename_suffix" in */*) $ZENITY --error --title="Compress PDF
$VERSION"; exit 1; esac # Check if the specified suffix is legal (we use
'case' instead of 'if' to directly use asterisk * globbing -- and avoid
[[...]] for portability)
fi
# Finally, we process the files
for arg in "$@" # this processing is partly inspired by Edouard Saintesprit's
patch from Compress PDF page at Launchpad
do
if [ $# -ne 1 ]
then
pdf_file=$(basename "$arg")
output_filename=${pdf_file%.*}${filename_suffix}.${pdf_file##*.}
fi
output_name=$(basename "$output_filename")
temp_pdfmarks=tmp-compresspdf-$output_name-pdfmarks
temp_filename=tmp-compresspdf-$output_name
if [ -e $temp_pdfmarks -o -e $temp_filename ]; then $ZENITY --error
--title="Compress PDF $VERSION"; exit 1; fi
# Extract metadata from the original PDF. This is not a crucial
functionality, but maybe we could warn if pdfinfo or sed are not available
pdfinfo "$arg" | sed -e 's/^ *//;s/ *$//;s/ \{1,\}/ /g' -e 's/^/ \//' -e
'/CreationDate/,$d' -e 's/$/)/' -e 's/: / (/' > "$temp_pdfmarks"
if ! grep /Title "$temp_pdfmarks"; then echo ' /Title ()' >>
"$temp_pdfmarks"; fi # Warning: if the pdf has not defined a Title:,
ghostscript makes a fontname become the title.
# echo -e 0a'\n'' /Title ()''\n'.'\n'w | ed afile # use to prepend
instead of append
sed -i '1s/^ /[/' "$temp_pdfmarks"
sed -i '/:)$/d' "$temp_pdfmarks"
echo " /DOCINFO pdfmark" >> "$temp_pdfmarks"
# Execute ghostscript while showing a progress bar
(
$GS -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dPDFSETTINGS=$COMP_COMMAND
-dColorConversionStrategy=/LeaveColorUnchanged -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4
-dNOPAUSE -dQUIET -dBATCH -dSAFER -sOutputFile="$temp_filename" "$arg"
"$temp_pdfmarks" & echo -e "$!\n"
# we output the pid so that it passes the pipe; the explicit linefeed
starts the zenity progressbar pulsation
) | ( # the pipes create implicit subshells; marking them explicitly
read PIPED_PID
if $ZENITY --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title="Compress PDF
$VERSION"
then
rm "$temp_pdfmarks"
mv -f "$temp_filename" "$output_filename" & # we go on to the
next file as fast as possible (this subprocess survives the end of the
script, so it is even safer)
notify-send "Compress PDF" "$output_name $job_done"
else
kill $PIPED_PID
rm "$temp_pdfmarks"
rm "$temp_filename"
exit $COMPRESSPDF_BATCH_ABORT_ERR # Warning: it exits the
subshell but not the script
fi
)
if [ "$?" = "$COMPRESSPDF_BATCH_ABORT_ERR" ]; then break; fi # to break
the loop in case we abort (zenity fails)
done
