is_ocrd_pdf.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -e
# set -x

################################################################################
# Check if a PDF was a scanned (image PDF) and already OCRd
#
# Usage:
#   bash is_ocrd_pdf.sh [-p] file
#
#   Exit 0: Yes, file is a scanned PDF
#   Exit 99: No, file was created digitally
#
# Arguments:
#   -p or --pages: pos. integer, only consider first N pages
#
# Please report issues at https://github.com/jfilter/pdf-scripts/issues
#
# GPLv3, Copyright (c) 2020 Johannes Filter
################################################################################

# parse arguments
# h/t https://stackoverflow.com/a/33826763/4028896
max_pages=-1
# skip over positional argument of the file(s), thus -gt 1
while [[ "$#" -gt 1 ]]; do
  case $1 in
  -p | --pages)
    max_pages="$2"
    shift
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Unknown parameter passed: $1"
    exit 1
    ;;
  esac
  shift
done

# increment to make it easier with page numbering
max_pages=$((max_pages++))

command_exists() {
  if ! [ -x $($(command -v $1 &>/dev/null)) ]; then
    echo $(error: $1 is not installed.) >&2
    exit 1
  fi
}

command_exists mutool && command_exists gs && command_exists compare
command_exists pdfinfo

num_pages=$(pdfinfo "$1" | grep Pages | awk '{print $2}')

echo $num_pages

echo $max_pages

if (((max_pages > 1) && (max_pages < num_pages))); then
  num_pages=$max_pages
fi

cd $(mktemp -d)

for ((i = 1; i <= num_pages; i++)); do
  mkdir -p output/"$i" && echo "$i"
done

# important to filter text on output of GS (tmp1), cuz GS alters input PDF...
gs -o tmp1.pdf -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dLastPage=$num_pages "$1" &>/dev/null
gs -o tmp2.pdf -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dFILTERTEXT tmp1.pdf &>/dev/null
mutool convert -o output/%d/1.png tmp1.pdf 2>/dev/null
mutool convert -o output/%d/2.png tmp2.pdf 2>/dev/null

for ((i = 1; i <= num_pages; i++)); do
  echo "$i"
  # difference in pixels, if 0 there are the same pictures
  # discard diff image
  if ! compare -metric AE output/"$i"/1.png output/"$i"/2.png null: 2>&1; then
    echo " pixels difference, not a scanned PDF, mismatch on page $i"
    exit 99
  fi
done