for nz bank statements

bank_statement_pdf_to_csv.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+# script to convert pdf bank statements to
+# csv files
+
+# these files may have been produced by idiots who
+# put white space in files names
+while IFS='' read -r -d '' fname ; do
+   nname="${fname##*/}"
+   mv -v -n "${fname}"  "${fname%/*}/${nname//[[:space:]]/_}"
+done < <(find "$(pwd)"  -name "* *" -type f  -print0)
+
+rm -rf dd.txt
+a=`ls *.pdf`
+
+for l in $a; 
+do   
+	echo "processing" $l
+	ps2ascii $l >> dd.txt; 
+done
+
+cat dd.txt | sed -n  '/.*[0-9][0-9] * [A-Z][a-z][a-z] [A-Z][A-Z]/p' | sed 's/,//g'  > ddd.txt
+cat ddd.txt | sed 's/     */,/g' | sed 's/^,//'  > spreadsheet.csv
+
+view spreadsheet.csv