In the Inkscape GUI, there is this awesome feature, that lets me 'save as -> file type -> layers as individual SVGs' (the last one at the bottom). Is there any way of doing the same thing from the CLI?
What I have so far:
inkscape -z -l output.svg input.dxf
This converts the 'input.dxf' to 'output.svg', but I can't find the layers within this SVG.
With help of the Inkscape community (special thanks to @rindolf), I could come up with a solution.
Prerequisites
Adjust Inkscape
Change 'GROUP = "{http://www.w3.org/2000/svg}g"' on line 36 of "tar_layers.py" in "Inkscape\share\extensions" to 'GROUP = "g"'. This has to be done, because your layers won't have that namespace.
Convert the DXF to multiple SVGs (one per layer)
Create an Inkscape SVG from the DXF:
python share/extensions/dxf_input.py input.dxf > output.svg
Export the layers as individual SVGs inside a tar:
python share/extensions/tar_layers.py output.svg > output.tar
Now, you should have a 'output.tar' file with Inkscape SVGs inside of it. If you need regular SVG, you have to export them like this:
inkscape -z -l output.svg input.svg
More information about the Inkscape CLI.