TEMPDIR=/tmp/scanner/ RET_SCAN=0 RET_MAGICK=-1 FILENAME="UNDEFINED" if [ ! -d "$TEMPDIR" ]; then echo "create tempdir as it does not exist" mkdir $TEMPDIR echo "mkdir returned: " $? fi if [ -d "$TEMPDIR" ]; then scanimage --tl-x 7 -d utsushi:esci:usb:0x04B8:0x110B --batch="$TEMPDIR/out%d.pnm" \ --source=ADF \ --resolution=200 RET_SCAN=$? echo "scanimage retured:" $RET_SCAN else echo "$TEMPDIR does not exist and could not be created" fi #scanimage error 1, 2 #returns on success also 2 if [ $RET_SCAN == 2 ]; then DATE=$(date +scan_%F-%s) FILENAME="$TEMPDIR/$DATE.pdf" magick -compress jpeg -quality 60 -density 150 "$TEMPDIR/out*.pnm" $FILENAME RET_MAGICK=$? for pnmFile in "$TEMPDIR/out*.pnm" do echo "remove temporary pnm files in $TEMPDIR" rm $pnmFile done fi if [ $RET_MAGICK == 0 ]; then echo "magick sucessful converted $FILENAME" xdg-open $FILENAME else echo -e "ERROR: magick returned: " $RET_MAGICK " there sems to be nothing to do\n is the paper inserted?" fi