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delete empty pdf page

#!/bin/sh
IN="$1"
filename=$(basename "${IN}")
filename="${filename%.*}"
PAGES=$(pdfinfo "$IN" | grep ^Pages: | tr -dc '0-9')
  
non_blank() {
    for i in $(seq 1 $PAGES)
    do
        PERCENT=$(gs -o -  -dFirstPage=${i} -dLastPage=${i} -sDEVICE=inkcov "$IN" | grep CMYK | nawk 'BEGIN { sum=0; } {sum += $1 + $2 + $3 + $4;} END { printf "%.5f
", sum } ')
        if [ $(echo "$PERCENT > 0.001" | bc) -eq 1 ]
        then
            echo $i
            #echo $i 1>&2
        fi
        echo -n . 1>&2
    done | tee "${DIR}/$filename.tmp"
    echo 1>&2
}
  
set +x
pdftk "${IN}" cat $(non_blank) output "${filename}_copy.pdf"