pdfcompress

#!/bin/bash

[[ -z "$1" ]] && echo "Please enter a filename. Exiting..."
[[ -z "$1" ]] && exit 1

echo
echo -e "\e[1mThis will compress the following PDFs:\e[0m"
echo
for p in "$@"; do echo "$p"; c=$((c+1)); done
echo
echo -e "\e[1mCount: $c\e[0m"
echo
echo -e "\e[1m\e[32mPress [Enter] to continue... \e[31m[Ctrl+C to cancel]\e[0m"
read
printf "Compressing... "

for a in "$@"; do mv "$a" "$a".uncompressed; done

for b in *.pdf.uncompressed; do cc=$((cc+1)); printf "\rCompressing... $cc of $c"; qpdf --linearize "$b" - | pdftk - output "${b%.uncompressed}" compress; done

[[ -d ./orig ]] || mkdir orig
mv *.uncompressed orig/

echo ". Done."
echo
echo "Originals moved to orig folder"
echo