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<h1 align="center">PDFTK</h1>
<a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br>
<a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br>
<a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br>
<a href="#OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a><br>
<a href="#EXAMPLES">EXAMPLES</a><br>
<a href="#NOTES">NOTES</a><br>
<a href="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a><br>
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<h2>NAME
<a name="NAME"></a>
</h2>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">pdftk − A
handy tool for manipulating PDF</p>
<h2>SYNOPSIS
<a name="SYNOPSIS"></a>
</h2>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>pdftk</b>
<i><input PDF files | - | PROMPT></i> <br>
[ <b>input_pw</b> <i><input PDF owner passwords |
PROMPT></i> ] <br>
[ <i><operation> <operation arguments></i> ]
<br>
[ <b>output</b> <i><output filename | - | PROMPT></i>
] <br>
[ <b>encrypt_40bit</b> | <b>encrypt_128bit</b> ] <br>
[ <b>allow</b> <i><permissions></i> ] <br>
[ <b>owner_pw</b> <i><owner password | PROMPT></i> ]
<br>
[ <b>user_pw</b> <i><user password | PROMPT></i> ]
<br>
[ <b>flatten</b> ] [ <b>compress</b> | <b>uncompress</b> ]
<br>
[ <b>keep_first_id</b> | <b>keep_final_id</b> ] [
<b>drop_xfa</b> ] <br>
[ <b>verbose</b> ] [ <b>dont_ask</b> | <b>do_ask</b> ] <br>
Where: <i><br>
<operation></i> may be empty, or: <br>
[ <b>cat</b> | <b>shuffle</b> | <b>burst</b> | <b><br>
generate_fdf</b> | <b>fill_form</b> | <b><br>
background</b> | <b>multibackground</b> | <b><br>
stamp</b> | <b>multistamp</b> | <b><br>
dump_data</b> | <b>dump_data_utf8</b> | <b><br>
dump_data_fields</b> | <b>dump_data_fields_utf8</b> |
<b><br>
update_info</b> | <b>update_info_utf8</b> | <b><br>
attach_files</b> | <b>unpack_files</b> ]</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">For Complete
Help: <b>pdftk --help</b></p>
<h2>DESCRIPTION
<a name="DESCRIPTION"></a>
</h2>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">If PDF is
electronic paper, then pdftk is an electronic
staple-remover, hole-punch, binder, secret-decoder-ring, and
X-Ray-glasses. Pdftk is a simple tool for doing everyday
things with PDF documents. Use it to:</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">* Merge PDF
Documents or Collate PDF Page Scans <br>
* Split PDF Pages into a New Document <br>
* Rotate PDF Documents or Pages <br>
* Decrypt Input as Necessary (Password Required) <br>
* Encrypt Output as Desired <br>
* Fill PDF Forms with X/FDF Data and/or Flatten Forms <br>
* Generate FDF Data Stencils from PDF Forms <br>
* Apply a Background Watermark or a Foreground Stamp <br>
* Report PDF Metrics such as Metadata and Bookmarks <br>
* Update PDF Metadata <br>
* Attach Files to PDF Pages or the PDF Document <br>
* Unpack PDF Attachments <br>
* Burst a PDF Document into Single Pages <br>
* Uncompress and Re-Compress Page Streams <br>
* Repair Corrupted PDF (Where Possible)</p>
<h2>OPTIONS
<a name="OPTIONS"></a>
</h2>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">A summary of
options is included below. <b><br>
−−help</b>, <b>−h</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Show summary of options.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b><input PDF files | - |
PROMPT></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">A list of the input PDF files.
If you plan to combine these PDFs (without using handles)
then list files in the order you want them combined. Use
<b>-</b> to pass a single PDF into pdftk via stdin. Input
files can be associated with handles, where a handle is a
single, upper-case letter:</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><i><input
PDF handle></i><b>=</b><i><input PDF
filename></i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em">Handles are
often omitted. They are useful when specifying PDF passwords
or page ranges, later.</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em">For example:
A=input1.pdf B=input2.pdf</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>[input_pw <input PDF
owner passwords | PROMPT>]</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Input PDF owner passwords, if
necessary, are associated with files by using their
handles:</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><i><input
PDF handle></i><b>=</b><i><input PDF file owner
password></i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em">If handles are
not given, then passwords are associated with input files by
order.</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em">Most pdftk
features require that encrypted input PDF are accompanied by
the ~owner~ password. If the input PDF has no owner
password, then the user password must be given, instead. If
the input PDF has no passwords, then no password should be
given.</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em">When running in
<b>do_ask</b> mode, pdftk will prompt you for a password if
the supplied password is incorrect or none was given.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>[<operation>
<operation arguments>]</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">If this optional argument is
omitted, then pdftk runs in ’filter’ mode.
Filter mode takes only one PDF input and creates a new PDF
after applying all of the output options, like encryption
and compression.</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em">Available
operations are: <b>cat</b>, <b>shuffle</b>, <b>burst</b>,
<b>generate_fdf</b>, <b>fill_form</b>, <b>background</b>,
<b>multibackground</b>, <b>stamp</b>, <b>multistamp</b>,
<b>dump_data</b>, <b>dump_data_utf8</b>,
<b>dump_data_fields</b>, <b>dump_data_fields_utf8</b>,
<b>update_info</b>, <b>update_info_utf8</b>,
<b>attach_files</b>, <b>unpack_files</b>. Some operations
takes additional arguments, described below.</p>
<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>cat [<page
ranges>]</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:26%;">Catenates pages from input PDFs
to create a new PDF. Page order in the new PDF is specified
by the order of the given page ranges. Page ranges are
described like this:</p>
<p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em"><i><input
PDF handle></i>[<i><begin page
number></i>[<b>-</b><i><end page
number></i>[<i><qualifier></i>]]][<i><page
rotation></i>]</p>
<p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">Where the
handle identifies one of the input PDF files, and the
beginning and ending page numbers are one-based references
to pages in the PDF file, and the qualifier can be
<b>even</b> or <b>odd</b>, and the page rotation can be
<b>N</b>, <b>S</b>, <b>E</b>, <b>W</b>, <b>L</b>, <b>R</b>,
or <b>D</b>.</p>
<p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">If the handle
is omitted from the page range, then the pages are taken
from the first input PDF.</p>
<p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">The <b>even</b>
qualifier causes pdftk to use only the even-numbered PDF
pages, so <b>1-6even</b> yields pages 2, 4 and 6 in that
order. <b>6-1even</b> yields pages 6, 4 and 2 in that
order.</p>
<p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">The <b>odd</b>
qualifier works similarly to the <b>even</b>.</p>
<p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">The page
rotation setting can cause pdftk to rotate pages and
documents. Each option sets the page rotation as follows (in
degrees): <b>N</b>: 0, <b>E</b>: 90, <b>S</b>: 180,
<b>W</b>: 270, <b>L</b>: -90, <b>R</b>: +90, <b>D</b>: +180.
<b>L</b>, <b>R</b>, and <b>D</b> make relative adjustments
to a page’s rotation.</p>
<p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">If no arguments
are passed to cat, then pdftk combines all input PDFs in the
order they were given to create the output.</p>
<p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em"><b>NOTES:</b>
<br>
* <i><end page number></i> may be less than
<i><begin page number></i>. <br>
* The keyword <b>end</b> may be used to reference the final
page of a document instead of a page number. <br>
* Reference a single page by omitting the ending page
number. <br>
* The handle may be used alone to represent the entire PDF
document, e.g., B1-end is the same as B.</p>
<p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Page Range
Examples w/o Handles: <br>
1-endE</b> - rotate entire document 90 degrees <b><br>
5 11 20</b> - take single pages from input PDF <b><br>
5-25oddW</b> - take odd pages in range, rotate 90 degrees
<b><br>
6-1</b> - reverse pages in range from input PDF</p>
<p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Page Range
Examples Using Handles:</b> <br>
Say <b>A=in1.pdf B=in2.pdf</b>, then: <b><br>
A1-21</b> - take range from in1.pdf <b><br>
Bend-1odd</b> - take all odd pages from in2.pdf in reverse
order <b><br>
A72</b> - take a single page from in1.pdf <b><br>
A1-21 Beven A72</b> - assemble pages from both in1.pdf and
in2.pdf <b><br>
AW</b> - rotate entire in1.pdf document 90 degrees <b><br>
B</b> - use all of in2.pdf <b><br>
A2-30evenL</b> - take the even pages from the range, remove
90 degrees from each page’s rotation <b><br>
A A</b> - catenate in1.pdf with in1.pdf <b><br>
AevenW AoddE</b> - apply rotations to even pages, odd pages
from in1.pdf <b><br>
AW BW BD</b> - catenate rotated documents</p>
<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>shuffle [<page
ranges>]</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:26%;">Collates pages from input PDFs
to create a new PDF. Works like the <b>cat</b> operation
except that it takes one page at a time from each page range
to assemble the output PDF. If one range runs out of pages,
it continues with the remaining ranges. Ranges can use all
of the features described above for <b>cat</b>, like reverse
page ranges, multiple ranges from a single PDF, and page
rotation. This feature was designed to help collate PDF
pages after scanning paper documents.</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" rules="none" frame="void"
cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="15%"></td>
<td width="8%">
<p><b>burst</b></p></td>
<td width="3%"></td>
<td width="74%">
<p>Splits a single, input PDF document into individual
pages. Also creates a report named <b>doc_data.txt</b> which
is the same as the output from <b>dump_data</b>. If the
<b>output</b> section is omitted, then PDF pages are named:
pg_%04d.pdf, e.g.: pg_0001.pdf, pg_0002.pdf, etc. To name
these pages yourself, supply a printf-styled format string
via the <b>output</b> section. For example, if you want
pages named: page_01.pdf, page_02.pdf, etc., pass <b>output
page_%02d.pdf</b> to pdftk. Encryption can be applied to the
output by appending output options such as <b>owner_pw</b>,
e.g.:</p> </td></tr>
</table>
<p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">pdftk in.pdf
burst owner_pw foopass</p>
<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>generate_fdf</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:26%;">Reads a single, input PDF file
and generates an FDF file suitable for <b>fill_form</b> out
of it to the given output filename or (if no output is
given) to stdout. Does not create a new PDF.</p>
<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>fill_form <FDF data
filename | XFDF data filename | - | PROMPT></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:26%;">Fills the single input
PDF’s form fields with the data from an FDF file, XFDF
file or stdin. Enter the data filename after
<b>fill_form</b>, or use <b>-</b> to pass the data via
stdin, like so:</p>
<p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">pdftk form.pdf
fill_form data.fdf output form.filled.pdf</p>
<p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">After filling a
form, the form fields remain interactive unless you also use
the <b>flatten</b> output option. <b>flatten</b> merges the
form fields with the PDF pages. You can use <b>flatten</b>
alone, too, but only on a single PDF:</p>
<p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">pdftk form.pdf
fill_form data.fdf output out.pdf flatten</p>
<p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">or:</p>
<p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">pdftk
form.filled.pdf output out.pdf flatten</p>
<p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">If the input
FDF file includes Rich Text formatted data in addition to
plain text, then the Rich Text data is packed into the form
fields <i>as well as</i> the plain text. Pdftk also sets a
flag that cues Acrobat/Reader to generate new field
appearances based on the Rich Text data. That way, when the
user opens the PDF, the viewer will create the Rich Text
fields on the spot. If the user’s PDF viewer does not
support Rich Text, then the user will see the plain text
data instead. If you flatten this form before Acrobat has a
chance to create (and save) new field appearances, then the
plain text field data is what you’ll see.</p>
<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>background <background
PDF filename | - | PROMPT></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:26%;">Applies a PDF watermark to the
background of a single input PDF. Pass the background
PDF’s filename after <b>background</b> like so:</p>
<p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">pdftk in.pdf
background back.pdf output out.pdf</p>
<p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">Pdftk uses only
the first page from the background PDF and applies it to
every page of the input PDF. This page is scaled and rotated
as needed to fit the input page. You can use <b>-</b> to
pass a background PDF into pdftk via stdin.</p>
<p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">If the input
PDF does not have a transparent background (such as a PDF
created from page scans) then the resulting background
won’t be visible -- use the <b>stamp</b> operation
instead.</p>
<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>multibackground
<background PDF filename | - | PROMPT></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:26%;">Same as the <b>background</b>
operation, but applies each page of the background PDF to
the corresponding page of the input PDF. If the input PDF
has more pages than the stamp PDF, then the final stamp page
is repeated across these remaining pages in the input
PDF.</p>
<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>stamp <stamp PDF filename
| - | PROMPT></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:26%;">This behaves just like the
<b>background</b> operation except it overlays the stamp PDF
page <i>on top</i> of the input PDF document’s pages.
This works best if the stamp PDF page has a transparent
background.</p>
<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>multistamp <stamp PDF
filename | - | PROMPT></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:26%;">Same as the <b>stamp</b>
operation, but applies each page of the background PDF to
the corresponding page of the input PDF. If the input PDF
has more pages than the stamp PDF, then the final stamp page
is repeated across these remaining pages in the input
PDF.</p>
<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>dump_data</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:26%;">Reads a single, input PDF file
and reports various statistics, metadata, bookmarks (a/k/a
outlines), and page labels to the given output filename or
(if no output is given) to stdout. Non-ASCII characters are
encoded as XML numerical entities. Does not create a new
PDF.</p>
<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>dump_data_utf8</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:26%;">Same as <b>dump_data</b>
excepct that the output is encoded as UTF-8.</p>
<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>dump_data_fields</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:26%;">Reads a single, input PDF file
and reports form field statistics to the given output
filename or (if no output is given) to stdout. Non-ASCII
characters are encoded as XML numerical entities. Does not
create a new PDF.</p>
<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>dump_data_fields_utf8</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:26%;">Same as <b>dump_data_fields</b>
excepct that the output is encoded as UTF-8.</p>
<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>update_info <info data
filename | - | PROMPT></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:26%;">Changes the metadata stored in
a single PDF’s Info dictionary to match the input data
file. The input data file uses the same syntax as the output
from <b>dump_data</b>. Non-ASCII characters should be
encoded as XML numerical entities. This does not change the
metadata stored in the PDF’s XMP stream, if it has
one. For example:</p>
<p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">pdftk in.pdf
update_info in.info output out.pdf</p>
<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>update_info_utf8 <info
data filename | - | PROMPT></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:26%;">Same as <b>update_info</b>
except that the input is encoded as UTF-8.</p>
<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>attach_files <attachment
filenames | PROMPT> [to_page <page number | <br>
PROMPT>]</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:26%;">Packs arbitrary files into a
PDF using PDF’s file attachment features. More than
one attachment may be listed after <b>attach_files</b>.
Attachments are added at the document level unless the
optional <b>to_page</b> option is given, in which case the
files are attached to the given page number (the first page
is 1, the final page is <b>end</b>). For example:</p>
<p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">pdftk in.pdf
attach_files table1.html table2.html to_page 6 output
out.pdf</p>
<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>unpack_files</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:26%;">Copies all of the attachments
from the input PDF into the current folder or to an output
directory given after <b>output</b>. For example:</p>
<p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">pdftk
report.pdf unpack_files output ~/atts/</p>
<p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">or,
interactively:</p>
<p style="margin-left:26%; margin-top: 1em">pdftk
report.pdf unpack_files output PROMPT</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>[output <output filename
| - | PROMPT>]</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">The output PDF filename may not
be set to the name of an input filename. Use <b>-</b> to
output to stdout. When using the <b>dump_data</b> operation,
use <b>output</b> to set the name of the output data file.
When using the <b>unpack_files</b> operation, use
<b>output</b> to set the name of an output directory. When
using the <b>burst</b> operation, you can use <b>output</b>
to control the resulting PDF page filenames (described
above).</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>[encrypt_40bit |
encrypt_128bit]</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">If an output PDF user or owner
password is given, output PDF encryption strength defaults
to 128 bits. This can be overridden by specifying
encrypt_40bit.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>[allow
<permissions>]</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Permissions are applied to the
output PDF only if an encryption strength is specified or an
owner or user password is given. If permissions are not
specified, they default to ’none,’ which means
all of the following features are disabled.</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em">The
<b>permissions</b> section may include one or more of the
following features: <b><br>
Printing</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:32%;">Top Quality Printing</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;"><b>DegradedPrinting</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:32%;">Lower Quality Printing</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;"><b>ModifyContents</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:32%;">Also allows Assembly</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;"><b>Assembly <br>
CopyContents</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:32%;">Also allows ScreenReaders</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;"><b>ScreenReaders <br>
ModifyAnnotations</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:32%;">Also allows FillIn</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" rules="none" frame="void"
cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="22%"></td>
<td width="9%">
<p><b>FillIn</b></p></td>
<td width="69%">
</td></tr>
</table>
<p style="margin-left:22%;"><b>AllFeatures</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:32%;">Allows the user to perform all
of the above, and top quality printing.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>[owner_pw <owner password
| PROMPT>] <br>
[user_pw <user password | PROMPT>]</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">If an encryption strength is
given but no passwords are supplied, then the owner and user
passwords remain empty, which means that the resulting PDF
may be opened and its security parameters altered by
anybody.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>[compress |
uncompress]</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">These are only useful when you
want to edit PDF code in a text editor like vim or emacs.
Remove PDF page stream compression by applying the
<b>uncompress</b> filter. Use the <b>compress</b> filter to
restore compression.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>[flatten]</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Use this option to merge an
input PDF’s interactive form fields (and their data)
with the PDF’s pages. Only one input PDF may be given.
Sometimes used with the <b>fill_form</b> operation.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>[keep_first_id |
keep_final_id]</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">When combining pages from
multiple PDFs, use one of these options to copy the document
ID from either the first or final input document into the
new output PDF. Otherwise pdftk creates a new document ID
for the output PDF. When no operation is given, pdftk always
uses the ID from the (single) input PDF.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>[drop_xfa]</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">If your input PDF is a form
created using Acrobat 7 or Adobe Designer, then it probably
has XFA data. Filling such a form using pdftk yields a PDF
with data that fails to display in Acrobat 7 (and 6?). The
workaround solution is to remove the form’s XFA data,
either before you fill the form using pdftk or at the time
you fill the form. Using this option causes pdftk to omit
the XFA data from the output PDF form.</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em">This option is
only useful when running pdftk on a single input PDF. When
assembling a PDF from multiple inputs using pdftk, any XFA
data in the input is automatically omitted.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>[verbose]</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">By default, pdftk runs quietly.
Append <b>verbose</b> to the end and it will speak up.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>[dont_ask | do_ask]</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Depending on the compile-time
settings (see ASK_ABOUT_WARNINGS), pdftk might prompt you
for further input when it encounters a problem, such as a
bad password. Override this default behavior by adding
<b>dont_ask</b> (so pdftk won’t ask you what to do) or
<b>do_ask</b> (so pdftk will ask you what to do).</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em">When running in
<b>dont_ask</b> mode, pdftk will over-write files with its
output without notice.</p>
<h2>EXAMPLES
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Collate
scanned pages</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:14%;">pdftk A=even.pdf B=odd.pdf
shuffle A B output collated.pdf <br>
or if odd.pdf is in reverse order: <br>
pdftk A=even.pdf B=odd.pdf shuffle A Bend-1 output
collated.pdf</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>Decrypt a PDF</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:14%;">pdftk secured.pdf input_pw
foopass output unsecured.pdf</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>Encrypt a PDF using 128-bit
strength (the default), withhold all <br>
permissions (the default)</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:14%;">pdftk 1.pdf output 1.128.pdf
owner_pw foopass</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>Same as above, except
password ’baz’ must also be used to open output
<br>
PDF</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:14%;">pdftk 1.pdf output 1.128.pdf
owner_pw foo user_pw baz</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>Same as above, except
printing is allowed (once the PDF is open)</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:14%;">pdftk 1.pdf output 1.128.pdf
owner_pw foo user_pw baz allow printing</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>Join in1.pdf and in2.pdf
into a new PDF, out1.pdf</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:14%;">pdftk in1.pdf in2.pdf cat
output out1.pdf <br>
or (using handles): <br>
pdftk A=in1.pdf B=in2.pdf cat A B output out1.pdf <br>
or (using wildcards): <br>
pdftk *.pdf cat output combined.pdf</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>Remove ’page 13’
from in1.pdf to create out1.pdf</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:14%;">pdftk in.pdf cat 1-12 14-end
output out1.pdf <br>
or: <br>
pdftk A=in1.pdf cat A1-12 A14-end output out1.pdf</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>Apply 40-bit encryption to
output, revoking all permissions (the <br>
default). Set the owner PW to ’foopass’.</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:14%;">pdftk 1.pdf 2.pdf cat output
3.pdf encrypt_40bit owner_pw foopass</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>Join two files, one of which
requires the password ’foopass’. The <br>
output is not encrypted.</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:14%;">pdftk A=secured.pdf 2.pdf
input_pw A=foopass cat output 3.pdf</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>Uncompress PDF page streams
for editing the PDF in a text editor (e.g., <br>
vim, emacs)</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:14%;">pdftk doc.pdf output
doc.unc.pdf uncompress</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>Repair a PDF’s
corrupted XREF table and stream lengths, if possible</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:14%;">pdftk broken.pdf output
fixed.pdf</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>Burst a single PDF document
into pages and dump its data to <br>
doc_data.txt</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:14%;">pdftk in.pdf burst</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>Burst a single PDF document
into encrypted pages. Allow low-quality <br>
printing</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:14%;">pdftk in.pdf burst owner_pw
foopass allow DegradedPrinting</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>Write a report on PDF
document metadata and bookmarks to report.txt</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:14%;">pdftk in.pdf dump_data output
report.txt</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>Rotate the first PDF page to
90 degrees clockwise</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:14%;">pdftk in.pdf cat 1E 2-end
output out.pdf</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>Rotate an entire PDF
document to 180 degrees</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:14%;">pdftk in.pdf cat 1-endS output
out.pdf</p>
<h2>NOTES
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</h2>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The pdftk home
page permalink is: <br>
http://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/ <br>
The easy-to-remember shortcut is: www.pdftk.com</p>
<h2>AUTHOR
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</h2>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Sid Steward
(sid.steward at pdflabs dot com) maintains pdftk. Please
email him with questions or bug reports. Include pdftk in
the subject line to ensure successful delivery. Thank
you.</p>
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