#!/bin/bash if (($#<2)); then echo "Need at least two arguments" fi output=$1; echo -e "\\documentclass{article}\n\\usepackage{pdfpages}\n\\\begin{document}" > $output.tex; for (( i=2; i<=$#; i+=1 )); do echo "\\includepdf[pages=-]{${!i}}" >> $output.tex; done; echo "\\end{document}" >> $output.tex pdflatex $output rm $output.tex $output.aux $output.log