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scripts/shell/traverse_pdf.sh

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Directories to search (default: current directory if none provided)
SEARCH_DIRS=("${@:-.}")
# Your preferred PDF viewer
PDF_VIEWER="zathura"
# Ensure fzf and the viewer exist
command -v fzf >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "fzf not found"; exit 1; }
command -v "$PDF_VIEWER" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "$PDF_VIEWER not found"; exit 1; }
# Find all PDFs recursively, sorted by modification time (newest first)
find "${SEARCH_DIRS[@]}" -type f -iname '*.pdf' -printf '%T@ %p\n' | \
sort -nr | cut -d' ' -f2- | \
fzf --multi \
--bind "enter:execute-silent($PDF_VIEWER {} &)" \
--preview "pdftotext {} - | head -n 20" \
--preview-window=down:wrap