[ale] extract 1 or more pages from a pdf from the command line?

Geoffrey lists at serioustechnology.com
Fri Jul 16 12:07:06 EDT 2010


Charles Shapiro wrote:
> Yeah it's awesome.  Don't try to build it from source though.  It's a
> C++ wrapper on a java library, you gotta compile the java with GCJ...
> the whole thing's a nightmare.

Mandriva has an rpm for it. :)

> 
> -- CHS
> 
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
>> Geoffrey wrote:
>>> I need to break an existing pdf document into multiple documents.
>>> Ideally, I'd like to be able to do this from the command line, so I
>>> could script it.  Anyone know of a tool to do the extraction?
>> Got it!  pdftk, you gotta love Linux. ;)
>>
>>
>> --
>> Until later, Geoffrey
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-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson


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