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cpdf is a tool to slice and dice PDFs I created this sheet on a boring day by copying text from [here](http://www.coherentpdf.com/usage-examples.html) and then cleaning things up a bit.
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# Read in.pdf, select pages 1, 2, 3 and 6, and write those pages to
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# out.pdf
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cpdf in.pdf 1-3,6 -o out.pdf
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# Select the even pages (2, 4, 6...) from in.pdf and write those pages
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# to out.pdf
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cpdf in.pdf even -o out.pdf
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# Using AND to perform several operations in order, here merging two
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# files together and adding a copyright stamp to every page.
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cpdf -merge in.pdf in2.pdf AND -add-text "Copyright 2014" -o out.pdf
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# Read control.txt and use its contents as the command line arguments
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# for cpdf.
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cpdf -control control.txt
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# Merge in.pdf and in2.pdf into one document, writing to out.pdf.
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cpdf -merge in.pdf in2.pdf -o out.pdf
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# Split in.pdf into ten-page chunks, writing them to Chunk001.pdf,
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# Chunk002.pdf etc
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cpdf -split in.pdf -o Chunk%%%.pdf -chunk 10
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# Split in.pdf on bookmark boundaries, writing each to a file whose
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# name is the bookmark label
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cpdf -split-bookmarks 0 in.pdf -o @N.pdf
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# Scale both the dimensions and contents of in.pdf by a factor of two
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# in x and y directions.
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cpdf -scale-page "2 2" in.pdf -o out.pdf
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# Scale the pages in in.pdf to fit the US Letter page size, writing to
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# out.pdf
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cpdf -scale-to-fit usletterportrait in.pdf -o out.pdf
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# Shift the contents of the page by 26 pts in the x direction, and 18
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# millimetres in the y direction, writing to out.pdf
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cpdf -shift "26pt 18mm" in.pdf -o out.pdf
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# Rotate the contents of the pages in in.pdf by ninety degrees and
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# write to out.pdf.
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cpdf -rotate-contents 90 in.pdf -o out.pdf
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# Crop the pages in in.pdf to a 600 pts by 400 pts rectangle.
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cpdf -crop "0 0 600pt 400pt" in.pdf -o out.pdf
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# Encrypt using 128bit PDF encryption using the owner password 'fred'
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# and the user password 'joe'
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cpdf -encrypt 128bit fred joe in.pdf -o out.pdf
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# Decrypt using the owner password, writing to out.pdf.
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cpdf -decrypt in.pdf owner=fred -o out.pdf
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# Compress the data streams in in.pdf, writing the result to out.pdf.
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cpdf -compress in.pdf -o out.pdf
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# Decompress the data streams in in.pdf, writing to out.pdf.
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cpdf -decompress in.pdf -o out.pdf
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# List the bookmarks in in.pdf. This would produce:
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cpdf -list-bookmarks in.pdf
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# Outputs:
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# Add bookmarks in the same form from a prepared file bookmarks.txt to
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# in.pdf, writing to out.pdf.
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cpdf -add-bookmarks bookmarks.txt in.pdf -o out.pdf
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# Use the Split style to build a presentation from the PDF in.pdf,
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# each slide staying 10 seconds on screen unless manually advanced.
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# The first page, being a title does not move on automatically, and
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# has no transition effect.
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cpdf -presentation in.pdf 2-end -trans Split -duration 10 -o out.pdf
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# Stamp the file watermark.pdf on to each page of in.pdf, writing the
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# result to out.pdf.
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cpdf -stamp-on watermark.pdf in.pdf -o out.pdf
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# Add a page number and date to all the pages in in.pdf using the
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# Courier font, writing to out.pdf
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cpdf -topleft 10 -font Courier -add-text "Page %Page\nDate %d-%m-%Y" in.pdf -o out.pdf
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# Two up impose the file in.pdf, writing to out.pdf
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cpdf -twoup-stack in.pdf -o out.pdf
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# Add extra blank pages after pages one, three and four of a document.
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cpdf -pad-after 1,3,4 in.pdf -o out.pdf
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# List the annotations in a file in.pdf to standard output.
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cpdf -list-annotations in.pdf
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# Might Produce:
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# -- # Annotation text content 1 # -- # -- # Annotation text content 2
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# --
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# Copy the annotations from from.pdf to in.pdf, writing to out.pdf.
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cpdf -copy-annotations from.pdf in.pdf -o out.pdf
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# Set the document title of in.pdf. writing to out.pdf.
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cpdf -set-title "The New Title" in.pdf -o out.pdf
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# Set the document in.pdf to open with the Acrobat Viewer's toolbar
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# hidden, writing to out.pdf.
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cpdf -hide-toolbar true in.pdf -o out.pdf
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# Set the metadata in a PDF in.pdf to the contents of the file
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# metadata.xml, and write the output to out.pdf.
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cpdf -set-metadata metadata.xml in.pdf -o out.pdf
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# Set the document in.pdf to open in Acrobat Viewer showing two
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# columns of pages, starting on the right, putting the result in
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# out.pdf.
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cpdf -set-page-layout TwoColumnRight in.pdf -o out.pdf
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# Set the document in.pdf to open in Acrobat Viewer in full screen
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# mode, putting the result in out.pdf.
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cpdf -set-page-mode FullScreen in.pdf -o out.pdf
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# Attach the file sheet.xls to in.pdf, writing to out.pdf.
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cpdf -attach-file sheet.xls in.pdf -o out.pdf
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# Remove any attachments from in.pdf, writing to out.pdf.
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cpdf -remove-files in.pdf -o out.pdf
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# Blacken all the text in in.pdf, writing to out.pdf.
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cpdf -blacktext in.pdf -o out.pdf
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# Make sure all lines in in.pdf are at least 2 pts wide, writing to
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# out.pdf.
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cpdf -thinlines 2pt in.pdf -o out.pdf
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