cli-pdf 1.0.0

A PDF CLI tool.

cli-pdf is a command-line tool that provides various functionalities for PDF manipulation, including encryption, decryption, splitting, merging, and renaming PDF fields.

Features

• Encrypt and decrypt PDF files using a password.

• Split PDF files by specifying a page number.

• Merge two PDF files into one.

• Rename form fields in a PDF.

• Read and save field names from PDF forms.

Installation

You can install cli-pdf via pip:

pip install cli-pdf

Alternatively, you can install it from source by cloning the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Personal-DevTools/cli-pdf
cd cli-pdf
pip install .

Usage

Once installed, you can use the tool from the command line with the pdftool command:

pdftool -i input.pdf -o output.pdf --encrypt -p "yourpassword"

Command-line options:

• -i, --input: Specify the input PDF file.

• -o, --output: Specify the output PDF file.

• -rf, --readfieldnames: Read and print form field names in the PDF.

• -rn, --renamefieldnames: Rename form field names using a JSON mapping.

• -m, --merge: Merge two PDF files.

• -s, --split: Split a PDF at a specific page number.

• -dc, --decrypt: Decrypt a PDF with a password.

• -ec, --encrypt: Encrypt a PDF with a password.

• -p, --password: Specify the password for encryption/decryption.

Examples

• Encrypting a PDF:

  pdftool -i input.pdf -o encrypted.pdf --encrypt -p "yourpassword"

• Decrypting a PDF:

  pdftool -i encrypted.pdf -o decrypted.pdf --decrypt -p "yourpassword"

• Splitting a PDF at page 3:

  pdftool -i input.pdf --split 3

• Merging two PDFs:

  pdftool -i file1.pdf -m file2.pdf -o merged.pdf

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please submit a pull request on the GitHub repository.