hagenw/pdf-tools

Tools to manipulate PDF files written in bash

PDF tools

Bash scripts to manipulate PDF files.

Installation via package manager

The easiest way to install pdf-tools is via basher:

$ basher install hagenw/pdf-tools

Installation from repository

PDF tools depends on simply-bash.

Install all files of pdf-tools into a directory in your $PATH. The easiest way to achieve this is to clone the repository and add it to your $PATH:

$ git clone https://github.com/hagenw/pdf-tools.git ~/git/pdf-tools
$ echo 'PATH="${PATH}:${HOME}/git/pdf-tools"' >> ~/.bashrc

Replace ~/git/pdf-tools with your desired directory.

Install simply-bash by cloning it and sourcing simply-bash.sh, e.g.

$ git clone https://github.com/hagenw/simply-bash.git ~/git/simply-bash
$ source ~/git/simply-bash/simply-bash.sh

Usage

pdf2png

Generate a thumbnail of the given PDF file as a compressed PNG file. Example:

$ pdf2png --max-size 400 --page 2 --output page2_400px.png input.pdf

pdfextract

Extract pages from a PDF file. Example:

$ pdfextract --pages "1 3-5" --output output.pdf input.pdf

pdfmerge

Merge PDF files. Example:

$ pdfmerge --output output.pdf input1.pdf input2.pdf input3.pdf

pdfshrink

Shrink a PDF file. Example:

$ pdfshrink --aggressive input.pdf