https://github.com/benwiggy/Swift-PDFSuite

Swift scripts for PDF manipulation, for Shortcuts or Terminal
https://github.com/benwiggy/Swift-PDFSuite

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Swift scripts for PDF manipulation, for Shortcuts or Terminal

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/benwiggy/Swift-PDFSuite
• Owner: benwiggy
• Created: 2022-02-03T20:10:47.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-12-25T12:04:56.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-02T16:10:12.053Z (3 months ago)
• Language: Swift
• Size: 17.6 KB
• Stars: 13
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Swift-PDFSuite

Swift scripts for PDF manipulation, for Shortcuts or Terminal

Since Apple got rid of a python installation that you can rely on in MacOS, our choices for 'out-of-the-box' scripting are limited. AppleScript? No thanks. Perl and Ruby are still there, but who knows for how long? 

However, it is possible to use Swift as a scripting language! It's slow as a brick, compared to python, but it works. 

And, Apple has provided a mechanism for running Swift scripts in Shortcuts. So I'm translating my python scripts for PDF manipulation into Swift.

You'll find them in the scripts folder. 

HOWEVER -- using Swift raises the possibility of creating a command line tool -- 'pdfutil' -- with subcommands and flags for the various actions and options in the scripts. That's the end-goal.