Easily assemble, merge, extract your pdf files under linux with pdftk

pdftk, is a useful command line utility that allow to manipulate your pdf files. You can install it through your favorite package manager (example under Fedora)

natjohan# yum install pdftk

The syntax of pdftk is very simple :

pdftk <input_files_seperate_by_spaces> <operation> output <output_file>

Ok, so let's try it with two commons examples using cat operation :

Merge some pdf files

natjohan# pdftk A.pdf B.pdf C.pdf cat output ABC.pdf

Extract a page from a pdf file

natjohan# pdftk my_doc.pdf cat 4-6 output page4to6.pdf

Note that pdftk is a very powerful tool and it allow many operations (extract from the documentation)

Merge PDF Documents or Collate PDF Page Scans

Split PDF Pages into a New Document

Rotate PDF Documents or Pages

Decrypt Input as Necessary (Password Required)

Encrypt Output as Desired

Fill PDF Forms with X/FDF Data and/or Flatten Forms

Generate FDF Data Stencils from PDF Forms

Apply a Background Watermark or a Foreground Stamp

Report PDF Metrics such as Metadata and Bookmarks

Update PDF Metadata

Attach Files to PDF Pages or the PDF Document

Unpack PDF Attachments

Burst a PDF Document into Single Pages

Uncompress and Re-Compress Page Streams

Repair Corrupted PDF (Where Possible)

Pdftk GUI

You're afraid of using the command line ? no problem, there is a GUI called pdfchain, just install it with your package manager

natjohan# yum install pdfchain

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