#!/bin/bash
# this file converts tif image to pdf file in present directory and all subdirectoris.
start_time=$(date +%s)

find . -type f -iname "*.tif*" | while read tif; do
 pdf=`echo $tif |sed 's/\(.*\)\..*/\1/'`
 if [[ ! -f "$pdf.pdf" ]];
 then
 tiff2pdf -o "$pdf.pdf" "$tif"
 else
   tstamp=`date +%N`
   pdf="$pdf-n$tstamp"
   if [[ ! -f "$pdf.pdf" ]];
   then
   tiff2pdf -o "$pdf.pdf" "$tif"
   else 
   tstamp=`date +%S`
   pdf="$pdf-n$tstamp"
   tiff2pdf -o "$pdf.pdf" "$tif"
   fi
fi
done
finish_time=$(date +%s)
echo done
echo "Time duration: $((finish_time - start_time)) secs."