svg_split.sh

#!/bin/sh

if [ -z $1 ] ; then
    echo "Usage: $0 [FILE]"
    exit 1
else
    FILE=$1
fi

for ID in $(grep -o "id=\".*\"" ${FILE} | cut -d\" -f2 | grep "^g"); do
    OUTPUT="${ID}.pdf"
    echo "Exporting area $ID to $OUTPUT..."
    inkscape -z -f ${FILE} --export-text-to-path \
        --export-ignore-filters --export-id=${ID} \
        --export-id-only --export-pdf=${OUTPUT}
done


find . -name "*.pdf" -size +4k | while read PDF; do
    SVG="$(basename ${PDF} .pdf).svg"
    echo "Converting from <${PDF}> to <${SVG}>..."
    pdf2svg ${PDF} ${SVG}
done