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Old 26th May 2009
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I need to delete some pages from quite a few .djvu files. The problem is the djvm command only accepts one page, no page ranges. So, how do I run the same command but increasing by one every time until a certain number?
The djvm command looks like this:
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djvm -d file.djvu pagenumber
If I need to delete, say, page 1 to 10, how do I tell the script to increase the pagenumber until it reaches 10?
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Code:
for page in `jot 10 1`
do
djvm -d file.djvu $page
done
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Old 26th May 2009
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thanks DutchDaemon.
Actually, now that I think of it, I could simply run the same program 10 times, since the pages I need to delete are all at the beginning of the file.
But learned something new, which is good
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uhm, actually, I've tried your command, but it does not seem to do the job
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Not using bash or sh, I guess. You can do this from (t)csh by first typing [sh][enter] and then entering those commands.
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yes, I'm using ksh, the default shell in openbsd.
Actually I've read quite a few articles on the web on the subject, but still cannot appreciate the difference between shells. Probably because I don't really do any serious programming.

Anyway, it does not work even from sh. With this command it deletes only the first page:
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for page in `jot 3 1` ; do djvm -d file.djvu $page ; done
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Weird. Is OpenBSD's jot different from FreeBSD's?

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for page in `jot 3 1` ; do echo $page ; done
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with the echo command I get the same as you, but it does not work on the real file, could it be a problem with the djvm command?

Well well, I'd better get some sleep now
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The command
% jot 10 1

Should output

Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
So it is easy to test if jot(1) is the culprit.

Testing the djvm command is also simple:
% djvm -d file.djvu n
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Old 26th May 2009
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For command substitution I prefer to use the the "$( .... )" construct instead of the archaic backquotes ` ..... ` format.
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for page in $(jot 3 1) ; do echo $page ; done 
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BTW this is on OpenBSD
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Old habits ... In fact, I rewrote all my old scripts to the $() way not too long ago
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well, I've tried it again, it echoes page 1 2 3 but then when cheching the file it only deleted one page.
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Quote:
djvm -d[elete] doc.djvu pagenum
What does 'pagenum' actually mean in this context? A literal page number (as in: printed on a page), or 'the number of pages to delete' or something. I have a feeling that when you delete 'page 1', the remaining pages shift one position (like arguments in a shell script), so that there will always be a 'page 1' (even when it was 'page 2' one deletion earlier). Maybe 'page 1' means 'the first page on the stack', not literally 'page with the number one printed on it'. What happens when you use this command with the number 1 ten times in a row?

Then again, it might snow in the Sahara right now.
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the page number means the actual page number according to the djvu order (like in a pdf file, the thumbnails are ordered 1 2 3 etc, but on the actual picture the number might be different). If I run djvm with pagenumber 3, it will delete the third image, and of course, after deleting it, the fourth image will have become the third etc.
Anyway, I've solved it running n times the command on page one. It was a way to learn some more scripting. Very bad that this djvm command does not support page ranges...
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the page number means the actual page number according to the djvu order (like in a pdf file, the thumbnails are ordered 1 2 3 etc, but on the actual picture the number might be different). If I run djvm with pagenumber 3, it will delete the third image, and of course, after deleting it, the fourth image will have become the third etc.
Anyway, I've solved it running n times the command on page one. It was a way to learn some more scripting. Very bad that this djvm command does not support page ranges...
I'm not familiar with djvm, but maybe:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
count=1
until [ $count -gt 10 ]; do
          djvm -d file.djvu 1
          count=`$count + 1`
done
That would delete (or wathever) first 10 pages (if the pages change the way you described).
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the page number means the actual page number according to the djvu order (like in a pdf file, the thumbnails are ordered 1 2 3 etc, but on the actual picture the number might be different). If I run djvm with pagenumber 3, it will delete the third image, and of course, after deleting it, the fourth image will have become the third etc.
Anyway, I've solved it running n times the command on page one. It was a way to learn some more scripting. Very bad that this djvm command does not support page ranges...
Ok, so you could simply run
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for i in $(jot 10 1) ; do djvm -d file.djvu 1 ; done
Looks weird, but it'll work
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thanks you all
I did already use DutchDaemon's solution. If you remember you gave it to me some time ago to run it on .tex files. If I understan properly s0xxx 's solution does exactly the same thing.
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Right. Sure. There's always more than one way
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Quote:
Code:
count=`$count + 1`
Or did you mean:
Code:
count=`expr $count + 1`
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Carpetsmoker View Post
The command
% jot 10 1

Should output

Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
So it is easy to test if jot(1) is the culprit.

Testing the djvm command is also simple:
% djvm -d file.djvu n
This is the results of the "jot" command under M$Linux
Code:
 
Ghost*Rider@CrackBox-X64:~$  jot 10 1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Ghost*Rider@CrackBox-X64:~$
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