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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+import traceback
+import gc
+
+import weasyprint
+import pypdf
+
+
+BATCH_SIZE = 10
+
+
+def convert(input_file_names: list[str], output_file_name: str, encoding: str = None) -> list[int]:
+    # it takes roughly 100ms to generate one document
+    page_nums = []
+    tmp_file_names = []
+
+    for i in range(0, len(input_file_names), BATCH_SIZE):
+        batch = input_file_names[i:i + BATCH_SIZE]
+        documents = []
+        for file_name in batch:
+            html = weasyprint.HTML(file_name, encoding=encoding)
+            doc = html.render()
+            documents.append(doc)
+            del html
+        all_pages = [p for doc in documents for p in doc.pages]
+        tmp_file_name = f'{output_file_name}.part.{i:0000}'
+        documents[0].copy(all_pages).write_pdf(tmp_file_name)
+        tmp_file_names.append(tmp_file_name)
+        page_nums += [len(doc.pages) for doc in documents]
+        del documents
+        del all_pages
+        gc.collect()
+
+    merger = pypdf.PdfWriter()
+    for pdf in tmp_file_names:
+        merger.append(pdf)
+        os.remove(pdf)
+    merger.write(output_file_name)
+    merger.close()
+
+    return page_nums
+
+
+def _wrapper_convert(args: list[str], encoding: str = None) -> None:
+    try:
+        t0 = time.process_time()
+        pages = convert(args[:-1], args[-1], encoding=encoding)
+        t1 = time.process_time()
+        print(f'{len(args) - 1} documents, '
+              f'{sum(pages)} pages ({", ".join(str(p) for p in pages)}), '
+              f'{t1 - t0:.1f} sec',
+              flush=True)
+    except Exception as e:
+        msg = str(e).replace('\n', ' ')
+        print(f'error: {msg}', flush=True)
+        traceback.print_exception(e)
+
+
+def usage() -> None:
+    print(f'usage: {sys.argv[0]} [-h] [-d DIR] [-e ENCODING] [ - | INPUT [INPUT...] OUTPUT ]\n\n'
+          'options:\n'
+          ' -h, --help       show this help message and exit\n'
+          ' -d, --directory  set the working directory\n'
+          ' -e, --encoding   encoding of the input files\n'
+          '\n'
+          ' -                use stdin for retrieving input and output file names (semi-colon-seperated)\n'
+          ' INPUT            name of an html input file\n'
+          ' OUTPUT           name of an pdf output file', file=sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
+def _get_arg(args: list[str], n1: str, n2: str = None) -> str:
+    v = None
+    for n in [n1] + (n2 and [n2] or []):
+        if n in args:
+            i = args.index(n)
+            if i + 1 >= len(args):
+                usage()
+            v = args[i + 1]
+            args.pop(i)
+            args.pop(i)
+    return v
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    args = sys.argv[1:]
+    if len(args) == 0 or '-h' in args or '--help' in args:
+        usage()
+
+    working_dir = _get_arg(args, '-d', '--directory')
+    if working_dir:
+        os.chdir(working_dir)
+    encoding = _get_arg(args, '-e', '--encoding')
+
+    if args == ['-']:
+        for line in sys.stdin:
+            _wrapper_convert(line.strip().split(';'), encoding=encoding)
+    elif len(args) < 2:
+        usage()
+    else:
+        _wrapper_convert(args, encoding=encoding)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
+    sys.exit(0)