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A script for merging PDF files which doesn't halt with a PdfReadError. No longer works with some newer PDFs. Based on this thread: https://github.com/mstamy2/PyPDF2/issues/244
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merge_pdf.py
import PyPDF2 as PDF
import sys
def pdf_cat(allPdfFiles):
merger = PDF.PdfFileMerger(strict=False)
for filename in allPdfFiles:
merger.append(PDF.PdfFileReader(filename, strict=False))
merger.write("merged_full.pdf")
if __name__ == '__main__':
pdf_cat(sys.argv[1:])
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Syncrossus commented Sep 18, 2019 •
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None of this code is mine. It is pieced together from posts on this issue thread.

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