script_tex_to_pdf

#!/bin/bash

#This script assumes that:
#    1) you have pdflatex installed
#    2) you have a template.tex file to generate the pdf image 1
#
#It takes as input the path to a .tex image add it to the template, compiles it and removes the intermediate files
#
# To make the script executable use: 
#	chmod u+x script_tex_to_pdf 
#
#To run the script, use:
#	./script_tex_to_pdf  path_figure.tex
#

# Check if the correct number of arguments is provided
if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 path_figure.tex"
    exit 1
fi

# Get the input figure path
FIGUREINPUT="$1"

# Ensure the input is a .tex file
if [[ ! "$FIGUREINPUT" =~ \.tex$ ]]; then
    echo "Error: Input should be a .tex file"
    exit 1
fi

#Put template in a buffer file
cp -v template_tex_to_pdf.tex temp.tex

# Read buffurized template file
template="temp.tex"

# Replace FIGUREINPUT in template with tex file path 
sed -i='' "s/FIGUREINPUT/$FIGUREINPUT/g" $template

# Compile using pdflatex
echo "Start Image Compilation"
touch log.txt
pdflatex $template > log.txt

echo "Remove Buffer and Auxiliary Files"
# Remove auxilary files 
rm -f temp.aux temp.log temp.nav temp.out temp.snm temp.toc temp.vrb temp.bbl temp.blg temp.idx temp.lof temp.lot temp.acn

# Remove buffurized template file 
rm -f $template 
rm -f temp.tex=

#Remove log file for latexmk execution
rm log.txt

# Rename PDF to input tex file name
pdf_file=`echo $FIGUREINPUT | sed 's/.tex/.pdf/'`
mv temp.pdf $pdf_file

echo " Done !"