Linux Batch

Here are some common batch manipulations that I had to do during study/work. Most of them are CLI applications but there are some GUI applications too. I’ll add more as I encounter them.

Function Command Prerequisites
Batch convert jpegs to pdfs of same filename mogrify -format pdf -- *.jpg *.jpeg sudo pacman -S imagemagick
Extract pages from pdf to jpegs (no quality loss, bit perfect) pdfimages -j file.pdf page sudo pacman -S poppler
Batch compress images GUI sudo pacman -S curtail
Arrange, Split, Merge PDFs, Extract pages, etc GUI sudo pacman -S pdfarranger
.cue + .bin to .chd conversion chdman createcd -i input.cue -o output.chd sudo pacman -S mame-tools