pdftools 1.0.3

A collection of convenience scripts for pdf manipulation

• Version 1.0.3

• Copyright (c) 2015 Stefan Lehmann

• License: MIT

• Description: This is a small collection of convenience python scripts for fast pdf manipulation via commandline.

Features

• split PDF files in multiple documents

• merge PDF files into one document

• rotate PDF files

• zip PDF files in one document

Usage

pdftools adds some scripts to your existing Python installation that can be called via the commandline. The description for each script is listed below.

pdfsplit.py

With pdfsplit one PDF file can be split in multiple documents. The new documents are named according to the -o argument. The page number and the file ending pdf are added to the name automatically.

usage: pdfsplit.py [-h] [-o OUTPUT] [-s STEPSIZE] input

Split a PDF file in multiple documents.


positional arguments:
  input                 input file that shall be splitted

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
                        filename of the output files
  -s STEPSIZE, --stepsize STEPSIZE
                        defines how many pages are packed in one file

pdfmerge.py

This tool merges multiple input files to one output file. The page order is according to the order of the input files.

usage: pdfmerge.py [-h] -o OUTPUT [-d] inputs [inputs ...]

Merge the pages of multiple input files in one output file.

positional arguments:
  inputs                list of input files

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
                        filename of the output file
  -d, --delete          delete input files after merge

pdfrotate.py

Rotate the pages of one or multiple input files clockwise or counterclockwise. The source file will be overwritten.

usage: pdfrotate.py [-h] [-c] inputs [inputs ...]

Rotate the pages of multiple input files by 90 degrees. Wildcards can be used.

positional arguments:
  inputs      list of input files

optional arguments:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
  -c          rotate pages counterclockwise

pdfzip.py

Zip the pages of two input files in one output file. This is useful when dealing with scanned documents where even pages are in one docuemnt and odd pages in the other.

usage: pdfzip.py [-h] -o OUTPUT [-d] input1 input2

Zip the pages of two documents in one output file.

positional arguments:
input1                first inputfile
input2                second inputfile

optional arguments:
-h, --help            show this help message and exit
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
filename of the output file
-d, --delete          delete input files after merge

pdfinsert.py

Insert pages from one source file into a destination file.

usage: pdfinsert.py [-h] [--version] [-o OUTPUT] [-p PAGES [PAGES ...]]
                    [-i INDEX]
                    dest source

Insert pages of one file in another.

positional arguments:
  dest                  destination pdf file
  source                source pdf file

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --version             show program's version number and exit
  -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
                        filename of the output files, if None given dest will
                        be used as output
  -p PAGES [PAGES ...], --pages PAGES [PAGES ...]
                        list of pages to insert (start with 0), if None given
                        all pages of source will be inserted
  -i INDEX, --index INDEX
                        page index of destination file where the pages will be
                        inserted, if None they will be added at the end of the
                        file