pdftk

PDF toolkit. More information: <https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/pdftk.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install pdftk
Ubuntu
apt-get install pdftk
Alpine
apk add pdftk
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install pdftk
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install pdftk
Raspbian
apt-get install pdftk
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/pdftk pdftk powered by Commando

PDF toolkit. More information: <https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit>.

  • Extract pages 1-3, 5 and 6-10 from a PDF file and save them as another one:
    pdftk input.pdf cat 1-3 5 6-10 output output.pdf
  • Merge (concatenate) a list of PDF files and save the result as another one:
    pdftk file1.pdf file2.pdf ... cat output output.pdf
  • Split each page of a PDF file into a separate file, with a given filename output pattern:
    pdftk input.pdf burst output out_%d.pdf
  • Rotate all pages by 180 degrees clockwise:
    pdftk input.pdf cat 1-endsouth output output.pdf
  • Rotate third page by 90 degrees clockwise and leave others unchanged:
    pdftk input.pdf cat 1-2 3east 4-end output output.pdf

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