[ILUG] pdf document info, ls date format and awk commands

[Sean McGrath - Sun Microsystems Ireland]

Declan Grady stated:
< I have a list of folder full of pdf files, of which I regularly create a
< html list of name, date and size. - after a bit of fiddling, this awk
< command seems to work
< 
< ls -l | awk '{print "<a
< href=\"http://www.nuvotem.com/en/products/pdf/"$9"\">"$9"</a>","<br>Date:
< "$7"-"$6"-"$8,"<br>Size: "$5" bytes \n\n\n<br><br>"}'
< >>/home/declan/pdflist.html
< 
< This gives me an output like so : (full list at
< http://www.nuvotem.com/pdflist.html )
< 
< <a href="http://www.nuvotem.com/en/products/pdf/AC1005.pdf">AC1005.pdf</a>
< <br>Date: 11-Jan-14:10 <br>Size: 55595 bytes <br><br>
< <a href="http://www.nuvotem.com/en/products/pdf/AC1010.pdf">AC1010.pdf</a>
< <br>Date: 11-Jan-14:10 <br>Size: 52907 bytes <br><br>
< .... etc etc
< 
< 3 questions:
< 1. How can I get the date format to show 11-Jan-2002 instead of 11-Jan-14:10
< ?

   Since you're parsing ls output, you won't get it.
   Use perl and her stat function.

< 2. How can I *easily* get the "description" from the pdf "document info"
< from each pdf file ?

   use the perl PDF::Parse module ( http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=module&query=pdf )

   eg:
    use PDF:Parse;

    $pdf -> TargetFile($filename);
    $pdf->LoadPageInfo;
    .. etc...
  
   see http://search.cpan.org/doc/ANTRO/PDF-111/PDF/Parse.pm

< 3. How *should* I have gone about achieving this, considering I'm no
< programmer ?

  use perl ;-)

< 
< Thanks,
< Declan
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