small collection of convenience scripts for pdf manipulation
Project description
Version 1.0.1
Copyright (c) 2015 Stefan Lehmann
License: MIT
Description:* This is a small collection of convenience python scripts for fast pdf manipulation via commandline.
Features
split PDF files in multiple documents
merge PDF files into one document
rotate PDF files
zip PDF files in one document
Usage
pdftools adds some scripts to your existing Python installation that can be called via the commandline. The description for each script is listed below.
pdfsplit.py
With pdfsplit one PDF file can be split in multiple documents. The new documents are named according to the -o argument. The page number and the file ending pdf are added to the name automatically.
usage: pdfsplit.py [-h] [-o OUTPUT] [-s STEPSIZE] input
Split a PDF file in multiple documents.
positional arguments:
input input file that shall be splitted
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
filename of the output files
-s STEPSIZE, --stepsize STEPSIZE
defines how many pages are packed in one filepdfmerge.py
This tool merges multiple input files to one output file. The page order is according to the order of the input files.
usage: pdfmerge.py [-h] -o OUTPUT [-d] inputs [inputs ...]
Merge the pages of multiple input files in one output file.
positional arguments:
inputs list of input files
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
filename of the output file
-d, --delete delete input files after mergepdfrotate.py
Rotate the pages of one or multiple input files clockwise or counterclockwise. The source file will be overwritten.
usage: pdfrotate.py [-h] [-c] inputs [inputs ...]
Rotate the pages of multiple input files by 90 degrees. Wildcards can be used.
positional arguments:
inputs list of input files
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-c rotate pages counterclockwisepdfzip
Zip the pages of two input files in one output file. This is useful when dealing with scanned documents where even pages are in one docuemnt and odd pages in the other.
usage: pdfzip.py [-h] -o OUTPUT [-d] input1 input2
Zip the pages of two documents in one output file.
positional arguments:
input1 first inputfile
input2 second inputfile
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
filename of the output file
-d, --delete delete input files after mergeRelease history Release notifications | RSS feed
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