pdftools 2.0.2

Description:

pdftools 2.0.2

pdftools

Copyright (c) 2015 Stefan Lehmann
License: MIT
Description: Python-based command line tool for manipulating PDFs. It is based on the PyPdf2 package.





Features

add, insert, remove and rotate pages
split PDF files in multiple documents
copy specific pages in a new document
merge or zip PDF files into one document

Usage
pdftools adds some scripts to your existing Python installation that can be called via the command line.
The description for each script is listed below.
pdftools
usage: pdftools [-h] [-V] <command> ...

Python-based command line tool for manipulating PDFs. It is based on the
PyPdf2 package.

optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-V, --version Print version number and exit (default: False)

Sub-commands:
<command>
add Add pages from a source file to an output PDF file
copy Copy specific pages of a PDF file in a new file
insert Insert pages of one file into another
merge Merge the pages of multiple input files into one output file
remove Remove pages from a PDF file
rotate Rotate the pages of a PDF files by 90 degrees
split Split a PDF file into multiple documents
zip Python-like zipping (interleaving) the pages of two documents
in one output file

Add
usage: pdftools add [-h] [-p PAGES [PAGES ...]] [-o OUTPUT] dest src

Add pages from a source file to an output PDF file

positional arguments:
dest Destination PDF file
src PDF source file

optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-p PAGES [PAGES ...], --pages PAGES [PAGES ...]
list of pages to add to the output. Examples: 5; 1-9;
1-; -9 (default: None)
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
Name of the output file. If None, the `dest` file will
be overwritten (default: None)

Copy
usage: pdftools copy [-h] [-o OUTPUT] [-p PAGES [PAGES ...]] [-y] src

Copy specific pages of a PDF file in a new file

positional arguments:
src Source PDF containing pages to copy

optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
Name of the output file. If None, the `dest` file will
be overwritten (default: None)
-p PAGES [PAGES ...], --pages PAGES [PAGES ...]
list of pages to copy in the new file. Examples: "5 8
10": Pages 5, 8, 10; "1-9": Pages 1 to 9; "5-": Pages
from 5 to last page; "-9": Pages from beginning to 9
(default: 1)

Insert
usage: pdftools insert [-h] [-o OUTPUT] [-p PAGES [PAGES ...]] [-i INDEX]
dest src

Insert pages of one file into another

positional arguments:
dest Destination PDF file
src Source PDF file

optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
Name of the output file. If None, the `dest` file will
be overwritten (default: None)
-p PAGES [PAGES ...], --pages PAGES [PAGES ...]
List of page numbers (start with 1) which will be
inserted. If None, all pages will be inserted
(default). Examples: 5; 1-9; 1-; -9 (default: None)
-i INDEX, --index INDEX
Page number (1-indexed) of destination file where the
pages will be inserted. If None they will be added at
the end of the file (default: None)

Remove
usage: pdftools remove [-h] [-o OUTPUT] src pages [pages ...]

Remove pages from a PDF file

positional arguments:
src PDF source file
pages List of pages to remove from file. Examples: 5; 1-9;
1-; -9

optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
Name of the output file. If None, the `src` file will
be overwritten (default: None)

Rotate
usage: pdftools rotate [-h] [-d {90,180,270}] [-c] [-p PAGES [PAGES ...]]
[-o OUTPUT]
src

Rotate the pages of a PDF file by a set number of degrees

positional arguments:
src Source file

optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-d {90,180,270}, --degrees {90,180,270}
Specify degrees value to rotate page(s) (default: 90)
-c, --counter-clockwise
Rotate pages counter-clockwise instead of clockwise,
by default (default: False)
-p PAGES [PAGES ...], --pages PAGES [PAGES ...]
List of page numbers which will be rotated. If None,
all pages will be rotated. Examples: 5; 1-9; 1-; -9
(default: None)
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
Output filename. If None, the source file will be
overwritten (default: None)

Split
usage: pdftools split [-h] [-o OUTPUT] [-s STEPSIZE]
[-q SEQUENCE [SEQUENCE ...]]
src

Split a PDF file into multiple documents

positional arguments:
src Source file to be split

optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
Output filenames. If None, will append page numbers to
the input file name. (default: None)
-s STEPSIZE, --stepsize STEPSIZE
How many pages are packed in each output file
(default: 1)
-q SEQUENCE [SEQUENCE ...], --sequence SEQUENCE [SEQUENCE ...]
Sequence of numbers describing how many pages to put
in each outputfile (default: None)

Merge
usage: pdftools merge [-h] [-o OUTPUT] [-d] src [src ...]

Merge the pages of multiple input files into one output file

positional arguments:
src List of input source files

optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
Output filename (default: merged.pdf)
-d, --delete Delete source files after merge (default: False)

Zip
usage: pdftools zip [-h] [-d] [-r] src1 src2 output

Python-like zipping (interleaving) the pages of two documents in one output
file

positional arguments:
src1 First source file
src2 Second source file
output Name of the output file

optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-d, --delete Delete source files after merge (default: False)
-r, --revert Revert the pages of second input file (default: False)