Linux/pdftk

pdftk

If PDF is electronic paper, then pdftk is an electronic staple-remover, hole-punch, binder, secret-decoder-ring, and X-Ray-glasses. Pdftk is a simple tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents. Keep one in the top drawer of your desktop and use it to:

• Merge PDF Documents
• Split PDF Pages into a New Document
• Decrypt Input as Necessary (Password Required)
• Encrypt Output as Desired
• Burst a PDF Document into Single Pages
• Report on PDF Metrics, including Metadata and Bookmarks
• Uncompress and Re-Compress Page Streams
• Repair Corrupted PDF (Where Possible)

Installation

In rpmforge for CentOS

yum install pdftk

RedHat 6 RPM:

sudo yum install libgcj
wget https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/pdftk-2.02-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
sudo rpm -i pdftk-2.02-1.*.rpm

• Install PDFtk on Red Hat or CentOS - https://www.pdflabs.com/docs/install-pdftk-on-redhat-or-centos/

Joining Files

pdftk file1.pdf file2.pdf cat output newFile.pdf

Splitting Files

pdftk user_guide.pdf burst

Remove Pages

pdftk myDocument.pdf cat 1-9 26-end output removedPages.pdf

References

• Manipulating PDFs with the PDF Toolkit | Linux.com - https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/442414-manipulating-pdfs-with-the-pdf-toolkit
• List of PDF Editing tools for Ubuntu | Ubuntu Geek - http://www.ubuntugeek.com/list-of-pdf-editing-tools-for-ubuntu.html