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==Here is a short list of the many many pdf tools in the Linux toolbox== | ==Here is a short list of the many many pdf tools in the Linux toolbox== | ||
====pdftk has been around | ====pdftk ==== | ||
This tool has been around forever and will not go away. Which is good. | |||
Example: Rip out even or odd pages pages | Example: Rip out even or odd pages pages | ||
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Here is a short list of the many many pdf tools in the Linux toolbox
pdftk
This tool has been around forever and will not go away. Which is good.
Example: Rip out even or odd pages pages
pdftk name.pdf cat 1-endeven output even.pdf
pdftk name.pdf cat 1-endodd output odd.pdf
Example: Join the odd and even documents into one.
pdftk odd-crop.pdf even-crop.pdf shuffle output nameMargins.pdf
pdfcrop
Example: Here we add a margin of 30 mm to the left
Order is left, bottom, right, top
pdfcrop --margins "30 0 0 0" odd.pdf
pdfjam
Example: Create a pdf for printing with margins of 1 cm on left by pushing document to the right.
pdfjam --twoside 20.pdf --offset '1cm 0cm' --suffix 'offset'Example