strip_pdf() { echo "Original Metadata for $1" exiftool $1 echo "Removing Metadata...." echo "" qpdf --linearize $1 striped1-$1 exiftool -all:all= striped1-$1 qpdf --linearize striped1-$1 striped2-$1 rm striped1-$1 rm striped1-$1_original echo "New Metadata for striped2-$1" exiftool striped2-$1 echo "" echo "Securing striped2-$1...." password=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 40 | head -n 1) echo "Password will be: $password" echo "" qpdf --linearize --encrypt "" $password 128 --print=full --modify=none --extract=n --use-aes=y -- striped2-$1 striped-$1 rm striped2-$1 echo "Final status of striped-$1" pdfinfo striped-$1 }