qpdf: versatile PDF transformation software

What is qpdf ? 🔗

qpdf is a versatile PDF transformation software.

More information: https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf .

Usage 🔗

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

qpdf --empty --pages path/to/input.pdf 1-3,5,6-10 -- path/to/output.pdf

Merge (concatenate) all the pages of multiple PDF files and save the result as a new PDF:

qpdf --empty --pages path/to/file1.pdf file2.pdf ... -- path/to/output.pdf

Merge (concatenate) given pages from a list of PDF files and save the result as a new PDF:

qpdf --empty --pages path/to/file1.pdf 1,6-8 path/to/file2.pdf 3,4,5 -- path/to/output.pdf

Write each group of n pages to a separate output file with a given filename pattern:

qpdf --split-pages=n path/to/input.pdf path/to/out_%d.pdf

Rotate certain pages of a PDF with a given angle:

qpdf --rotate=90:2,4,6 --rotate=180:7-8 path/to/input.pdf path/to/output.pdf

Remove the password from a password-protected file:

qpdf --password=password --decrypt path/to/input.pdf path/to/output.pdf

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