pdfly 0.0.8

A pure-python CLI application to manipulate PDF files

pdfly

pdfly (say: PDF-li) is a pure-python cli application for manipulating PDF files.

Installation

pip install -U pdfly

As pdfly is an application, you might want to install it with pipx.

Usage

$ pdfly --help
Usage: pdfly [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  pdfly is a pure-python cli application for manipulating PDF files.

Options:
  --version
  --help     Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  2-up            Create a booklet-style PDF from a single input.
  cat             Concatenate pages from PDF files into a single PDF file.
  compress        Compress a PDF.
  extract-images  Extract images from PDF without resampling or altering.
  extract-text    Extract text from a PDF file.
  meta            Show metadata of a PDF file

You can see the help of every subcommand by typing:

$ pdfly 2-up --help
Usage: pdfly 2-up [OPTIONS] PDF OUT

  Create a booklet-style PDF from a single input.

  Pairs of two pages will be put on one page (left and right)

  usage: python 2-up.py input_file output_file

Arguments:
  PDF  [required]
  OUT  [required]

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.