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

> Portable Document Format (PDF) file page extractor.
> More information: <https://manpages.debian.org/latest/poppler-utils/pdfseparate.1.en.html>.

- Extract pages from PDF file and make a separate PDF file for each page:

`pdfseparate {{path/to/source_filename.pdf}} {{path/to/destination_filename-%d.pdf}}`

- Specify the first/start page for extraction:

`pdfseparate -f {{3}} {{path/to/source_filename.pdf}} {{path/to/destination_filename-%d.pdf}}`

- Specify the last page for extraction:

`pdfseparate -l {{10}} {{path/to/source_filename.pdf}} {{path/to/destination_filename-%d.pdf}}`