Whenever I need to do this, it always takes me longer than I want to find and do it. This time I found and tweaked a script to put here.

Use this script to both combine and split PDFs. Usage:

pdf_master.py [-c for combine or -s for split] [input file or dir] [output file or dir]

Examples:

pdf_master.py -c c:\temp\pdfs\ c:\temp\combo.pdf
pdf_master.py -s c:\temp\big.pdf c:\temp\out\

Split can also take a base_file_name as input, which will be the beginning of the file name, plus a hyphen and the page number.for the file name. For example:

pdf_master.py -s c:\temp\master.pdf c:\temp\out\ doc

Would create files named:

• doc-1.pdf
• doc-2.pdf

Use this script to combine your PDFs. Please specify the following (don't forget to escape the backslashes):

• source directory
• target directory
• target file

Use this script to split your PDFs. Please specify the following:

• source file
• target directory
• base name for new files. dash number appended automatically (-1, -2, ..., -99).
  • for example, a base name of 'document' would create files in the specified target_directory named:
    • document-1.pdf
    • document-2.pdf
    • ...
    • document-99.pdf