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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
+view dd.txt
+cat dd.txt | sed -n  '/.*[0-9][0-9][A-Z][a-z][a-z]/p' | sed 's/,//g'  > ddd.txt
+view ddd.txt
+#27SidlawSt,Facsimile: (04) 387 1639
+#  35 HomeLoanFixedRate,0501-070235084-1004,26Jun2036,7.90%,97590.29 DR
+#  36 HomeLoanFixedRate,0501-070235084-1005,27Jun2021,6.99%,9912.63 DR
+#  37 StatementPeriod,07Feb09to06Mar09
+
+cat ddd.txt | sed 's/     */,/g' | sed 's/^,//'  > m_spreadsheet.txt
+cat m_spreadsheet.txt | sed 's/\(HomeLoanFixedRate\)/,,,,,,,\1/' | sed 's/StatementPeriod/,,,,,,,StatementPeriod/' | sed 's/StatementPeriod/,,,,,,,StatementPeriod/' > m_spreadsheet.csv
+
+view m_spreadsheet.csv
+