pdftools
- Copyright (c) 2015 Stefan Lehmann
- License: MIT
- Description: This is a collection of convenience python scripts for fast and painless pdf manipulation via commandline. It is based on the PyPdf2 package.
Features
- add, insert, remove and rotate pages
- split PDF files in multiple documents
- merge or zip PDF files into 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.
pdfadd.py
Add pages from a source pdf file to a destination file. The output is either written in a new file or to the destination file.
usage: pdfadd.py [-h] [--version] [-p PAGES [PAGES ...]] [-o OUTPUT]
dest source
Add pages from a source file to an output PDF file. If the output file does
not exist a new file will be created.
positional arguments:
dest destination pdf file
source pdf source file
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--version show program's version number and exit
-p PAGES [PAGES ...], --pages PAGES [PAGES ...]
list of pages to add to the output. Examples: 5 1-9 1-
-9
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
name of the output file, if None the destinationfile
will be overwritten
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 page numbers (start with 1) which will be
inserted, if None all pages will be rotated (default),
Examples: 5 1-9 1- -9
-i INDEX, --index INDEX
page number (start with 1) of destination file where
the pages will be inserted, if None they will be added
at the end of the file
pdfremove.py
Remove pages from a source pdf file.
usage: pdfremove.py [-h] [--version] -p PAGES [PAGES ...] [-o OUTPUT] source
Remove pages from a PDF file.
positional arguments:
source pdf source file
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--version show program's version number and exit
-p PAGES [PAGES ...], --pages PAGES [PAGES ...]
list of pages to remove from file. Examples: 5 1-9 1-
-9
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
name of the output file, if None the source file will
be overwritten
pdfrotate.py
Rotate pages of one input file clockwise or counterclockwise.
usage: pdfrotate.py [-h] [--version] [-c] [-p PAGES [PAGES ...]] [-o OUTPUT]
input
Rotate the pages of a PDF files by 90 degrees.
positional arguments:
input input file
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--version show program's version number and exit
-c rotate pages counterclockwise
-p PAGES [PAGES ...], --pages PAGES [PAGES ...]
list of page numbers which will be rotated, if None
all pages will be rotated (default). Examples: 5 1-9
1- -9
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
name of the output file, if None the source filewill
be overwritten
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] [--version] [-o OUTPUT] [-s STEPSIZE]
[-q SEQUENCE [SEQUENCE ...]]
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
--version show program's version number and exit
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
filename of the output files
-s STEPSIZE, --stepsize STEPSIZE
defines how many pages are packed in each output file
-q SEQUENCE [SEQUENCE ...], --sequence SEQUENCE [SEQUENCE ...]
sequence of numbers describing how many pages to put
in each outputfile
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:n
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
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.
To merge a multiple page document which was scanned with a non-duplex-scanner one can use the --revert option. In this case one gets e.g. one pdf with pages 1,3 and 5 and another pdf with the pages 6,4 and 2. In order to merge/zip them correctly the second pdf needs to be reversed.
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
-r, --revert revert the pages of second input file
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