diff --git a/pages/common/cpdf.md b/pages/common/cpdf.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6ac6109edf --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/common/cpdf.md @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +# cpdf + +> CLI to manipulate existing PDF files in a variety of ways. +> Homepage: . + +- Select pages 1, 2, 3 and 6 from source document and write those to a destination document: + +`cpdf {{path/to/source_document.pdf}} 1-3,6 -o {{path/to/destination_document.pdf}}` + +- Merge two documents into a new one: + +`cpdf -merge {{path/to/source_document_one.pdf}} {{path/to/source_document_two.pdf}} -o {{path/to/destination_document.pdf}}` + +- Show the bookmarks of a document: + +`cpdf -list-bookmarks {{path/to/document.pdf}}` + +- Split a document into ten-page chunks, writing them to chunk001.pdf, chunk002.pdf, etc: + +`cpdf -split {{path/to/document.pdf}} -o {{path/to/chunk%%%.pdf}} -chunk 10` + +- Encrypt a document using 128bit encryption, providing `fred` as owner password and `joe` as user password: + +`cpdf -encrypt 128bit fred joe {{path/to/source_document.pdf}} -o {{path/to/encrypted_document.pdf}}` + +- Decrypt a document using the owner password `fred`: + +`cpdf -decrypt {{path/to/encrypted_document.pdf}} owner=fred -o {{path/to/decrypted_document.pdf}}` + +- Show the annotations of a document: + +`cpdf -list-annotations {{path/to/document.pdf}}` + +- Create a new document, with metadata, based on an existing one: + +`cpdf -set-metadata {{path/to/metadata.xml}} {{path/to/source_document.pdf}} -o {{path/to/destination_document.pdf}}`