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PDF CLI Manipulation Examples

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ghostscript_batch_crop.sh
# batch crop pdf
# - 72 points == 1 inch == 25.4 millimeters
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# Example A4:
# 595 points width == 210 millimeters
# 842 points height == 297 millimeters
#
# Example:
# left edge: 24 points == 1/3 inch ~= 8.5 millimeters
# right edge: 36 points == 1/2 inch ~= 12.7 millimeters
# top edge: 48 points == 2/3 inch ~= 17.0 millimeters
# bottom edge: 72 points == 1 inch ~= 25.4 millimeters
gs -o cropped.pdf -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -c "[/CropBox [24 72 559 794] /PAGES pdfmark" -f uncropped-input.pdf
gs -o cropped.pdf -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=595 -dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=842 -dFIXEDMEDIA -c "24 72 translate 0 0 535 722 rectclip" -f uncropped-input.pdf
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ghostscript_merge.sh
gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile="${OUTPUT_FILE}" $@
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ghostscript_split.sh
gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dSAFER -o "${INPUT_FILE%.pdf}.%03d.pdf" "${INPUT_FILE}"
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pdftk_rotate_all_clockwise.sh
# rotate all pages clockwise
pdftk in.pdf cat 1-endE output out.pdf
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pdftk_rotate_single_clockwise.sh
# rotate page 1 by 90 degrees clockwise
pdftk in.pdf cat 1E output out.pdf
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