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To merge (concatenate) pdfs: |
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$ pdftk inputs cat output newfile.pdf |
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$ pdftk inputs cat output newfile.pdf |
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To merge all pdfs: |
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$ pdftk *.pdf cat output newfile.pdf |
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$ pdftk *.pdf cat output newfile.pdf |
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To break a pdf into single page files: |
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$ pdftk input.pdf burst |
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$ pdftk input.pdf burst |
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To combine parts of two or more files, use handles: |
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$ pdftk A=firstfile.pdf B=secondfile.pdf cat A1-7 B1-5 A8 output newfile.pdf |
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$ pdftk A=firstfile.pdf B=secondfile.pdf cat A1-7 B1-5 A8 output newfile.pdf |
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1) Dump the pdf metadata: |
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$ pdftk input.pdf dump_data metadata.txt |
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$ pdftk input.pdf dump_data metadata.txt |
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2) Edit the metadata (Geany appears to work), adding: |
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InfoKey: Author |
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InfoValue: Kenneth John Odle |
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3) Update the metadata in the pdf file: |
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$ pdft input.pdf update_info metadata.txt output.pdf |
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$ pdft input.pdf update_info metadata.txt output.pdf |
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Note that you must write to another file, as pdftk cannot overwrite the original file. |
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Thus, make the file you save the scan as different than what you want the final file to be named. |
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Scan the reverse sides: 001b.pdf |
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This gives you pages 10 8 6 4 2 |
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$ pdftk A=001a.pdf B=001b.pdf shuffle A1-5 B5-1 output 001.pdf |
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$ pdftk A=001a.pdf B=001b.pdf shuffle A1-5 B5-1 output 001.pdf |
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001.pdf should now be in the order: |
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See the sample files included in this repo. |