cpdf - Man Page

• Select pages 1, 2, 3 and 6 from a 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 from an existing one with additional metadata: cpdf -set-metadata path/to/metadata.xml path/to/source_document.pdf -o path/to/destination_document.pdf

tldr.sh

cpdf <input> <input> ... [-o <output>] <other parameters>

cpdf provides various tools for modifying PDF files. The full documentation is given in the PDF file cpdfmanual.pdf.

-version

Print the cpdf version number.

-help,  --help

Output a list of cpdf commands.

John Whitington <john at coherentgraphics dot co dot uk>