Rearrange PDF pages using the command-line
I want to rearrange the pages in a PDF file. But because I have to rearrange many pages, and the new arrangement has a specific pattern, I would like to do so with a script. Is there a simple program which allows to rearrange the pages in a PDF?
Alternatively I could also extract all pages and merge them together in the order I want. What progams are available to do this?
command-line pdf
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I want to rearrange the pages in a PDF file. But because I have to rearrange many pages, and the new arrangement has a specific pattern, I would like to do so with a script. Is there a simple program which allows to rearrange the pages in a PDF?
Alternatively I could also extract all pages and merge them together in the order I want. What progams are available to do this?
command-line pdf
asked Sep 6 '17 at 11:47
red_trumpetred_trumpet
6611826
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I want to rearrange the pages in a PDF file. But because I have to rearrange many pages, and the new arrangement has a specific pattern, I would like to do so with a script. Is there a simple program which allows to rearrange the pages in a PDF?
Alternatively I could also extract all pages and merge them together in the order I want. What progams are available to do this?
command-line pdf
asked Sep 6 '17 at 11:47
red_trumpetred_trumpet
6611826
I want to rearrange the pages in a PDF file. But because I have to rearrange many pages, and the new arrangement has a specific pattern, I would like to do so with a script. Is there a simple program which allows to rearrange the pages in a PDF?
Alternatively I could also extract all pages and merge them together in the order I want. What progams are available to do this?
command-line pdf
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pdftk is the one you're searching for. E.g. if you want to reverse the page order of i.pdf, do
pdftk i.pdf cat end-1 output o.pdf
Other examples showing pdftk's potential:
pdftk i.pdf cat 4-1 6 8-end output o.pdf # use ranges
pdftk i.pdf cat 1-6even output o.pdf # print only even pages in the range
pdftk i.pdf cat 1-10 ~5-7 output o.pdf # exclude pages in the range
pdftk i.pdf burst # extract to single-page pdf files
Read man pdftk for more information.
To install pdftk on 18.04 see: How can I install pdftk in Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic?
If you after all search for a GUI solution have a look at pdftk's GUI pdfchain or pdfmod.
answered Sep 6 '17 at 11:49
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You can also try pdfjam pdfnup (based on LaTeX pdf-pages)
Example:
pdfjam i.pdf '{},2,1-5' -o o.pdf
pdfjam f1.pdf f2.pdf f3.pdf 1-3 -o o.pdf ## first 3 pages from f1,f2,f3
{}inserts an empty page- many options available (ex: scale, offset, trim, frame, nup) -- see pdfjam man
edited Feb 19 '18 at 20:39
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answered Sep 6 '17 at 17:27
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You can use qpdf which comes with ubuntu. This following command for example puts the pages in reverse order.
qpdf --empty --pages infile.pdf z-1 -- outfile.pdf
You can find more information and other examples here on pages 10 and 11.
answered 37 mins ago
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pdftk is the one you're searching for. E.g. if you want to reverse the page order of i.pdf, do
pdftk i.pdf cat end-1 output o.pdf
Other examples showing pdftk's potential:
pdftk i.pdf cat 4-1 6 8-end output o.pdf # use ranges
pdftk i.pdf cat 1-6even output o.pdf # print only even pages in the range
pdftk i.pdf cat 1-10 ~5-7 output o.pdf # exclude pages in the range
pdftk i.pdf burst # extract to single-page pdf files
Read man pdftk for more information.
To install pdftk on 18.04 see: How can I install pdftk in Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic?
If you after all search for a GUI solution have a look at pdftk's GUI pdfchain or pdfmod.
answered Sep 6 '17 at 11:49
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pdftk is the one you're searching for. E.g. if you want to reverse the page order of i.pdf, do
pdftk i.pdf cat end-1 output o.pdf
Other examples showing pdftk's potential:
pdftk i.pdf cat 4-1 6 8-end output o.pdf # use ranges
pdftk i.pdf cat 1-6even output o.pdf # print only even pages in the range
pdftk i.pdf cat 1-10 ~5-7 output o.pdf # exclude pages in the range
pdftk i.pdf burst # extract to single-page pdf files
Read man pdftk for more information.
To install pdftk on 18.04 see: How can I install pdftk in Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic?
If you after all search for a GUI solution have a look at pdftk's GUI pdfchain or pdfmod.
answered Sep 6 '17 at 11:49
dessertdessert
24.7k672105
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pdftk is the one you're searching for. E.g. if you want to reverse the page order of i.pdf, do
pdftk i.pdf cat end-1 output o.pdf
Other examples showing pdftk's potential:
pdftk i.pdf cat 4-1 6 8-end output o.pdf # use ranges
pdftk i.pdf cat 1-6even output o.pdf # print only even pages in the range
pdftk i.pdf cat 1-10 ~5-7 output o.pdf # exclude pages in the range
pdftk i.pdf burst # extract to single-page pdf files
Read man pdftk for more information.
To install pdftk on 18.04 see: How can I install pdftk in Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic?
If you after all search for a GUI solution have a look at pdftk's GUI pdfchain or pdfmod.
answered Sep 6 '17 at 11:49
dessertdessert
24.7k672105
pdftk is the one you're searching for. E.g. if you want to reverse the page order of i.pdf, do
pdftk i.pdf cat end-1 output o.pdf
Other examples showing pdftk's potential:
pdftk i.pdf cat 4-1 6 8-end output o.pdf # use ranges
pdftk i.pdf cat 1-6even output o.pdf # print only even pages in the range
pdftk i.pdf cat 1-10 ~5-7 output o.pdf # exclude pages in the range
pdftk i.pdf burst # extract to single-page pdf files
Read man pdftk for more information.
To install pdftk on 18.04 see: How can I install pdftk in Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic?
If you after all search for a GUI solution have a look at pdftk's GUI pdfchain or pdfmod.
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You can also try pdfjam pdfnup (based on LaTeX pdf-pages)
Example:
pdfjam i.pdf '{},2,1-5' -o o.pdf
pdfjam f1.pdf f2.pdf f3.pdf 1-3 -o o.pdf ## first 3 pages from f1,f2,f3
{}inserts an empty page- many options available (ex: scale, offset, trim, frame, nup) -- see pdfjam man
edited Feb 19 '18 at 20:39
dessert
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You can also try pdfjam pdfnup (based on LaTeX pdf-pages)
Example:
pdfjam i.pdf '{},2,1-5' -o o.pdf
pdfjam f1.pdf f2.pdf f3.pdf 1-3 -o o.pdf ## first 3 pages from f1,f2,f3
{}inserts an empty page- many options available (ex: scale, offset, trim, frame, nup) -- see pdfjam man
edited Feb 19 '18 at 20:39
dessert
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answered Sep 6 '17 at 17:27
JJoaoJJoao
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You can also try pdfjam pdfnup (based on LaTeX pdf-pages)
Example:
pdfjam i.pdf '{},2,1-5' -o o.pdf
pdfjam f1.pdf f2.pdf f3.pdf 1-3 -o o.pdf ## first 3 pages from f1,f2,f3
{}inserts an empty page- many options available (ex: scale, offset, trim, frame, nup) -- see pdfjam man
edited Feb 19 '18 at 20:39
dessert
24.7k672105
answered Sep 6 '17 at 17:27
JJoaoJJoao
1,40069
You can also try pdfjam pdfnup (based on LaTeX pdf-pages)
Example:
pdfjam i.pdf '{},2,1-5' -o o.pdf
pdfjam f1.pdf f2.pdf f3.pdf 1-3 -o o.pdf ## first 3 pages from f1,f2,f3
{}inserts an empty page- many options available (ex: scale, offset, trim, frame, nup) -- see pdfjam man
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You can use qpdf which comes with ubuntu. This following command for example puts the pages in reverse order.
qpdf --empty --pages infile.pdf z-1 -- outfile.pdf
You can find more information and other examples here on pages 10 and 11.
answered 37 mins ago
SaTaSaTa
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You can use qpdf which comes with ubuntu. This following command for example puts the pages in reverse order.
qpdf --empty --pages infile.pdf z-1 -- outfile.pdf
You can find more information and other examples here on pages 10 and 11.
answered 37 mins ago
SaTaSaTa
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You can use qpdf which comes with ubuntu. This following command for example puts the pages in reverse order.
qpdf --empty --pages infile.pdf z-1 -- outfile.pdf
You can find more information and other examples here on pages 10 and 11.
answered 37 mins ago
SaTaSaTa
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You can use qpdf which comes with ubuntu. This following command for example puts the pages in reverse order.
qpdf --empty --pages infile.pdf z-1 -- outfile.pdf
You can find more information and other examples here on pages 10 and 11.
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