cpdf

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Manipulate PDF files.

Examples (8)

Select pages 1, 2, 3, and 6 from a source document and write those to a destination document

cpdf path/to/source_document.pdf 1-3,6 -o path/to/destination_document.pdf

Merge two documents into a new one

cpdf -merge path/to/source_document_one.pdf path/to/source_document_two.pdf -o path/to/destination_document.pdf

Show the bookmarks of a document

cpdf -list-bookmarks path/to/document.pdf

Split a document into ten-page chunks, writing them to `chunk001.pdf`, `chunk002.pdf`, etc

cpdf -split path/to/document.pdf -o path/to/chunk%%%.pdf -chunk 10

Encrypt a document using 128bit encryption, providing `fred` as owner password and `joe` as user password

cpdf -encrypt 128bit fred joe path/to/source_document.pdf -o path/to/encrypted_document.pdf

Decrypt a document using the owner password `fred`

cpdf -decrypt path/to/encrypted_document.pdf owner=fred -o path/to/decrypted_document.pdf

Show the annotations of a document

cpdf -list-annotations path/to/document.pdf

Create a new document from an existing one with additional metadata

cpdf -set-metadata path/to/metadata.xml path/to/source_document.pdf -o path/to/destination_document.pdf