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<code>sudo snap install pdftk</code> | <code>sudo snap install pdftk</code> | ||
# You can add this symlink back in so that other apps can access pdftk as if it was in the normal/old location | #You can add this symlink back in so that other apps can access pdftk as if it was in the normal/old location | ||
<code>sudo ln -s /snap/pdftk/current/usr/bin/pdftk /usr/bin/pdftk</code> | <code>sudo ln -s /snap/pdftk/current/usr/bin/pdftk /usr/bin/pdftk</code> | ||
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===Usage=== | ===Usage=== | ||
==== Change password status ==== | |||
You need to know the password in both cases | |||
<code>pdftk inputFileName.pdf input_pw actualPassword output outputFileName_no_pw.pdf</code> | # remove password | ||
##<code>pdftk inputFileName.pdf input_pw actualPassword output outputFileName_no_pw.pdf</code> | |||
# add a password | |||
##<code>pdftk inputFileName.pdf output outputFileName.pdf user_pw actualPassword</code> | |||
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Latest revision as of 14:37, 14 February 2020
PDF Toolkit or pdftk from the command line
History
- Worked well till somewhere in 18.04
- Now must be a snap install
sudo snap install pdftk
- You can add this symlink back in so that other apps can access pdftk as if it was in the normal/old location
sudo ln -s /snap/pdftk/current/usr/bin/pdftk /usr/bin/pdftk
Purpose
Manipulate pdf documents
Usage
Change password status
You need to know the password in both cases
- remove password
pdftk inputFileName.pdf input_pw actualPassword output outputFileName_no_pw.pdf
- add a password
pdftk inputFileName.pdf output outputFileName.pdf user_pw actualPassword