03-19-2008
bash script to check the first character in string
This will work in bash/korn/baurne
str="$*"
case $str in
a*) echo "a found" ;;
*) echo " no a" ;;
esac
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pct-scanner-script
PCT-SCANNER-SCRIPT(1) General Commands Manual PCT-SCANNER-SCRIPT(1)
NAME
pct-scanner-script - easy scan and create merged DjVu and PDF documents for archiving
SYNOPSIS
pct-scanner-script [--help]
DESCRIPTION
pct-scanner-script is a bash script and configuration system to easily scan documents and create a digital archiving. It can create DjVu
PDF and JPEG outputs, in merged and individual files. It also has a configuration system where different configurations can be defined,
making it easy to switch between configurations.
Please use pct-scanner-script --help to find all program options, the complete help, and all examples.
Features:
- auto archiving in merged and individual DjVu, PDF, and JPEG files
- auto and manual resume when scanning somehow fails
- cascading configuration system, for easy customizing
- easy command-line-style bash program, with useful options
- archiving made possible with both adf and flatbed scanners
- built for productivity and daily use
- uses bash, scanadf and other mainstream processing tools
- multilanguage commandline output
OPTIONS
-h, --help, -?
Show summary of options, help, and examples.
DEBUGGING
This program is a helper script to easy scan and automated digital document archiving for normal and adf scanners. You can debug this
script by running it as bash -x pct-scanner-script [options]. The script is just a nice wrapper for the scanadf, DjVu and PDF tools.
SEE ALSO
scanadf(1),
AUTHOR
pct-scanner-script and this manual page are written by:
Jelle de Jong <jelledejong@powercraft.nl>.
March 31, 2009 PCT-SCANNER-SCRIPT(1)