Bid Command Reference

Command-line tool for bid proposal management.

Installation

After setup, run commands using:

bid <command> [options]

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Commands

init

Create project folder structure in @rfqs.

bid init <folder_name>

Creates the following structure:

<folder_name>/
├── 00-ITB/<date>/
├── 01-Commercial/00-Arc/
├── 02-Technical/00-Arc/
├── 03-Supplier/00-Arc/
├── 04-Datasheet/00-Arc/
├── 05-Drawing/00-Arc/
├── 06-PO/00-Arc/
├── 07-VO/
└── 08-Toolkit/00-Arc/

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clean

Normalize file names in a folder.

bid clean <folder_name> [options]

Option	Description
-d, --dry-run	Preview changes without applying
-y, --yes	Skip confirmation prompts
-r, --remove-git	Remove .git folder and .gitignore

What it cleans:

• Email prefixes (RE:, FW:, FWD:, EXTERNAL, URGENT)
• Uppercase extensions → lowercase
• Multiple dashes/underscores → single
• Brackets and extra whitespace

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combine-pdf

Merge PDFs in current directory.

bid combine-pdf [options]

Option	Description
-o, --outline	Add bookmarks from filenames
-t, --toc	Add table of contents page
-m, --manifest	Use manifest file for custom order
-y, --yes	Skip confirmation prompts

Default output: 00-Combined.pdf

Using Manifest Mode

Create a .md (preferred) or .txt file in the directory:

# Output Filename

## Section Title

- file1.pdf
- file2.pdf

## Another Section

- file3.pdf

• # Title → Output filename
• ## Section → Bookmark heading. If section file exists, it will be part of the combined pdf.
• - file.pdf → Files to include (searches locally, then @docs)
• If the word cover is included in file name, it is considered cover page.

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beautify

Apply formatting to Excel files.

bid beautify <excel_file> [options]

Option	Description
-f, --font	Apply font formatting only (skip smart width)

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word2pdf

Batch convert Word documents to PDF.

bid word2pdf [options]

Option	Description
-y, --yes	Skip confirmation prompts

Converts all .docx files in current directory.

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