Bash Script Fails Within Hazel

[tillemetry]

Hello,

I have a Bash shell script that works fine when I run it from the command line with a proper path to the folder or file I'm trying to operate on. It changes a file's name based on the date found in its PDF text.

When I run it from the "Run shell script" in Hazel, it fails. When I run it using Preview Rule, it responds, "Rule Does Not Match."

I think it's a path error, but I also think I'm using 1 correctly. Can anyone help?

Here it is:

#!/bin/bash

# Function to process a single PDF
process_pdf() {
pdf_file="$1"

# Extract text from the PDF using pdftotext and clean up spaces and line breaks
text=$(pdftotext -layout "$pdf_file" - | tr '\n' ' ' | tr -s ' ')

# Search for "Pay Start Date" followed by a date in MM/DD/YYYY format
date_match=$(echo "$text" | grep -Eo 'Pay[[:space:]]*Start[[:space:]]*Date[[:space:]]*[0-1][0-9]/[0-3][0-9]/[0-9]{4}' | grep -Eo '[0-1][0-9]/[0-3][0-9]/[0-9]{4}' | head -n 1)

if [[ -z "$date_match" ]]; then
echo "No 'Pay Start Date' found in $pdf_file"
return
fi

# Convert MM/DD/YYYY to YYMMDD
month=${date_match:0:2}
day=${date_match:3:2}
year=${date_match:6:4}
formatted_date="${year:2:2}${month}${day}"

# Generate the new file name
dir=$(dirname "$pdf_file")
base=$(basename "$pdf_file" .pdf)
new_file="$dir/PayStub $formatted_date.pdf"

# Rename the file
mv "$pdf_file" "$new_file"
echo "Renamed $pdf_file to $new_file"
}

# Check if a folder or file was passed as an argument
if [[ -d "$1" ]]; then
# Process all PDF files in the folder
for pdf in "$1"/*.pdf; do
process_pdf "$pdf"
done
elif [[ -f "$1" ]]; then
# Process the single PDF file
process_pdf "$1"
else
echo "Usage: $0 /path/to/folder/or/pdf"
fi

[Mr_Noodle]

Do not assume any environment variables are set, including PATH. You should either specify that in the script or use full paths for everything.

If you turn on debug logging (https://www.noodlesoft.com/kb/hazel-debug-mode/), the logs will show the scripts output so you can print out debug information to help isolate the issue.