PDF Snipper is not only a snipper. It is a command-line tool that offers a range of features for manipulating PDF files. The tool was initially designed to extract a range of pages from a PDF file and save them as a new file, but it is becoming a tool box. You can call it PDF commander. The tool allows users to extract a range of pages from a PDF file, merge multiple PDF files into one, bookmark operations, and more.

To install PDF Snipper, see the install.sh file.

PDF Snipper offers the following command-line options:

Extracts a range of pages from a PDF file and saves them as a new file.

python pdf_snipper snipper [-h] [-s START_PAGE] [-e END_PAGE] [-i PDF_FILE] [-o OUTPUT_FILE] [-p PAGES [PAGES ...]]

Arguments:

• -s, --start_page: Starting page number to extract (inclusive).
• -e, --end_page: Ending page number to extract (inclusive).
• -i, --input: Path to the input PDF file.
• -o, --output: Path to the output PDF file. If not specified, the output file will be saved in the same directory as the input file with a filename based on the start and end page numbers.
• -p, --pages: List of page numbers to extract.

Merges multiple PDF files into one PDF file.

python pdf_snipper merge [-h] -i INPUT_FILES [INPUT_FILES ...] [-o OUTPUT_FILE]

Arguments:

• -i, --input: List of paths to the input PDF files.
• -o, --output: Path to the output PDF file.

Bookmark operations

python pdf_snipper bookmark [-h] [-i PDF_FILE] [-o OUTPUT_FILE] [-m] [-M MAX_LEVEL]

Arguments:

• -i, --input: Path to the input PDF file.
• -o, --output: Path to the output PDF file. Base now, this flag can be ignored.
• -m, --bookmark: Flag to read bookmarks.
• -M, --max_level: Maximum bookmark level.

Run pdf_snipper -h to see more information about each command.

PDF Snipper can be extended to include additional features, such as:

1. Split by bookmark: allow users to split a PDF file into multiple files based on its bookmarks.
2. Rotate pages: allow users to rotate pages in a PDF file.
3. Add watermarks: allow users to add watermarks to a PDF file.
4. Extract text: allow users to extract text from a PDF file.
5. OCR: use optical character recognition (OCR) to recognize text in scanned PDFs.
6. Command-line options for more customization: add more command-line options to allow users to customize the output file name, page size, and other properties.
7. Format convertor: Convert files in other formats to PDF files.

PDF Snipper is licensed under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more information.