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syntax: markdown
tags: [tldr, common]
source: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr.git
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# pdftk

> PDF toolkit.
> More information: <https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit>.

- Extract pages 1-3, 5 and 6-10 from a PDF file and save them as another one:

`pdftk {{input.pdf}} cat {{1-3 5 6-10}} output {{output.pdf}}`

- Merge (concatenate) a list of PDF files and save the result as another one:

`pdftk {{file1.pdf file2.pdf ...}} cat output {{output.pdf}}`

- Split each page of a PDF file into a separate file, with a given filename output pattern:

`pdftk {{input.pdf}} burst output {{out_%d.pdf}}`

- Rotate all pages by 180 degrees clockwise:

`pdftk {{input.pdf}} cat {{1-endsouth}} output {{output.pdf}}`

- Rotate third page by 90 degrees clockwise and leave others unchanged:

`pdftk {{input.pdf}} cat {{1-2 3east 4-end}} output {{output.pdf}}`
