Merge PDFs into a single file using pdfunite (Example)

 #!/bin/bash

#script to loop through directories to merge files

mydir=/media/medrex

files="/media/medrex"

for f in "$mydir"/*

do

    if [ -d "$f" ]

    then

            for ff in "$f/*"

            do

                  #echo "1. Processing $ff"

                  #echo first "${ff///\*}"

                  cd "${ff///\*}"

                  echo pwd `pwd "${ff///\*}"`

                  #ls

                  #echo name $(basename "${ff///\*}")

                  # echo dd $(basename "${ff///\*}").pdf

                  pdfunite * "/home/richlemmermann/medrex/$(basename "${ff///\*}").pdf"

                  #pdfunite /home/richlemmermann/medrex/$(basename "${ff///\*}").pdf *

echo

            done

    else

            echo "2. Processing $f"

    fi

done