#!/bin/bash
WORKDIR=/tmp
DOCS=""
#%[fitpaper,nup=1x2,landscape=true]
COMMAND="\includepdf[pages=-,openright]"

# (1) Create symbolic links (to avoid problems with pdfpages)
cont=0
for i in "$@"; do
	file="$WORKDIR"/pdfcomb${cont}.pdf
	ln -s "$(cd $(dirname i); pwd)/$i" "$file"
	DOCS="$DOCS $COMMAND{$file}"
	cont=$(($cont+1))
done

# (2) Create the document with all subdocuments
pushd $WORKDIR
cat <<EOF > pdfcomb.tex
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[final]{pdfpages}
\begin{document}
${DOCS}
\end{document}
EOF

# (3) Compile
pdflatex pdfcomb.tex
popd
mv $WORKDIR/pdfcomb.pdf pdfcombine.pdf

# (4) Remove temp files and links
rm -f $WORKDIR/pdfcomb*