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

> Shell frontend for the LaTeX pdfpages package for mingling PDFs.
> More information: <https://github.com/rrthomas/pdfjam>.

- Merge two (or more) PDFs:

`pdfjam {{path/to/file1.pdf}} {{path/to/file2.pdf}} --outfile {{path/to/output_file.pdf}}`

- Merge the first page of each file together:

`pdfjam {{files...}} 1 --outfile {{path/to/output_file.pdf}}`

- Merge subranges from two PDFs:

`pdfjam {{path/to/file1.pdf 3-5,1}} {{path/to/file2.pdf 4-6}} --outfile {{path/to/output_file.pdf}}`

- Sign an A4 page (adjust delta to height for other formats) with a scanned signature by overlaying them:

`pdfjam {{path/to/file.pdf}} {{path/to/signature}} --fitpaper true --outfile {{path/to/signed.pdf}} --nup "{{1x2}}" --delta "{{0 -842pt}}"`

- Arrange the pages from the input file into a fancy 2x2 grid:

`pdfjam {{path/to/file.pdf}} --nup {{2x2}} --suffix {{4up}} --preamble '{{\usepackage{fancyhdr} \pagestyle{fancy}}}'`

- Reverse the order of pages within each given file and concatenate them:

`pdfjam {{files...}} {{last-1}} --suffix {{reversed}}`
