Bash script for generating pdf file from the course content

Author: ashish-k-s

pdfgen.sh

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+##   **Script to Generate PDF of the Course**
+## Usage Instructions:
+## - Requires `asciidoctor-pdf` to be installed on the system.
+## - Place this script in the root directory of your content repository.
+## - Run the script using: sh pdfgen.sh
+##
+## Limitations:
+## - This script has been tested only on Linux systems.
+## - Images included in the content are not rendered in the generated PDF.
+##
+## TODO:
+## - A better alternative would be to use one of Antora's official npm packages for PDF generation.
+
+count=1
+filename=$(basename $(pwd)).pdf
+echo -ne "Processing the content repository .  . "
+
+for line in `cat antora.yml | grep adoc | awk '{print $2}'`
+do
+	dir=`dirname $line`
+	asciidoctor-pdf modules/ROOT/pages/index.adoc -o ./file.pdf
+	for file in `cat $line | grep xref | sed -E 's/.*xref:([^[]+).*/\1/'`
+	do
+		echo -ne " . "
+		asciidoctor-pdf $dir/pages/$file -o ./file$count.pdf > /dev/null 2>&1
+		list="$list file$count.pdf"
+		count=$((count+1))
+	done
+done
+
+echo -ne " . done\n"
+pdftk $list cat output $filename
+rm -f file*.pdf
+echo -e "Look for the file '$filename' generated in the current directory."