notes/PDF Payroll conversion to column format-e27SY2GR.sh
#!/bin/bash

pw="password"
year="2015"

for i in *.PDF
do 
  #remove password

  qpdf --password=$pw --decrypt $i $i.nopass.pdf
  #convert to ps for formating

  pdf2ps $i.nopass.pdf

  #generating text output and formatting into columns
  output+="$(ps2txt "$i.nopass.ps"|\
  grep -e "\/$year" -e 'DIRECT'|\

  tr '\n' ' '|\
  sed "s/** DIRECT DEPOSITS//g")|"
  clear
  echo "$output"|tr '|' '\n'|column -t

  rm "$i.nopass.pdf"
  rm "$i.nopass.ps"
done

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