commands.sh

pdftk

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PDF toolkit.

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Examples (6)

Extract pages 1-3, 5, and 6-10 from a PDF file and save them as another one

pdftk path/to/input.pdf cat 1-3 5 6-10 output path/to/output.pdf

Merge (concatenate) a list of PDF files and save the result as another one

pdftk path/to/file1.pdf path/to/file2.pdf cat output path/to/output.pdf

Split each page of a PDF file into a separate file, with a given filename output pattern

pdftk path/to/input.pdf burst output path/to/out_%d.pdf

Rotate all pages by 180 degrees clockwise

pdftk path/to/input.pdf cat 1-endsouth output path/to/output.pdf

Rotate third page by 90 degrees clockwise and leave others unchanged

pdftk path/to/input.pdf cat 1-2 3east 4-end output path/to/output.pdf

Interleave two PDFs with one-sided scans of a two-sided document, where the backs were scanned back to front

pdftk A=path/to/fronts.pdf B=path/to/backs.pdf shuffle A1-end Bend-1 output path/to/output.pdf
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