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Manipulate PDF Files

Merge, split, encrypt... your files files by using a command line python program

List of available possibilities

Merge Merge different pdfs into a single one
Split Separate all the pages of a pdf, they will be renamed in the following order
Rotate Rotate the pages of a pdf by 90, 180 or 270 degrees.
toText Convert an entire pdf into text, which will be saved in a .txt file. WARNING the contents may not be readable.
Encrypt Encrypt a pdf with a password. Be careful, it will be a copy of the pdf, the original will not be encrypted.
Decrypt Decrypt a pdf if you have the password.

Examples

Split a single pdf :

python pdf.py -f test.pdf -s

Merge 3 pdfs, the order passed in parameter will be the order of the merge

python pdf.py -f file1.pdf file2.pdf file3.pdf -m

Encrypt the contents of two documents and display the different steps

python pdf.py -f file1.pdf file2.pdf --encrypt --verbose
Password:

All possibilities

python pdf.py --help

usage: pdf.py [-h] [-f FILE [FILE ...]] [-m] [-s] [-r] [--rotation ROTATION]
              [--verbose] [--txt] [--encrypt] [--decrypt]

Manipulate your pdf files

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -f FILE [FILE ...], --file FILE [FILE ...]
                        list of pdf
  -m, --merge           merge PDFs
  -s, --split           split PDFs
  -r, --rotate          rotate the pdf
  --rotation ROTATION   Value of the rotation
  --verbose             Print the different steps
  --txt                 convert PDF into txt
  --encrypt             Encrypt a file
  --decrypt             Decrypt a file

Author

Raphael Teitgen [email protected]

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Splitt name with "." not correct

If you want to split a file with a "." in its name. Like in my case with dates then it uses the first dot and not the last one. Example: 12.02.2021filename.pdf will be 12_splitted_0.pdf to solve this use rindex

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