Ask HN: Is there a good open-source alternative to Adobe Acrobat? Ideally, it would not only be just a pdf reader but also have functionality to remove pages, add pages, sign, and edit forms. |
Ask HN: Is there a good open-source alternative to Adobe Acrobat? Ideally, it would not only be just a pdf reader but also have functionality to remove pages, add pages, sign, and edit forms. |
example; to keep pages 1-9 and 26-end of the original file input.pdf and save them to outputfile.pdf:
qpdf input.pdf --pages . 1-9,26-z -- outputfile.pdf
qpdf --compress-streams=y --recompress-flate --optimize-images 1.pdf 2.pdf
qpdf --help
Run "qpdf --help=topic" for help on a topic. Run "qpdf --help=--option" for help on an option. Run "qpdf --help=all" to see all available help.
Topics:
add-attachment: attach (embed) files
advanced-control: tweak qpdf's behavior
attachments: work with embedded files
completion: shell completion
copy-attachments: copy attachments from another file
encryption: create encrypted files
exit-status: meanings of qpdf's exit codes
general: general options
help: information about qpdf
inspection: inspect PDF files
json: JSON output for PDF information
modification: change parts of the PDF
overlay-underlay: overlay/underlay pages from other PDF files
page-ranges: page range syntax
page-selection: select pages from one or more files
pdf-dates: PDF date format
testing: options for testing or debugging
transformation: make structural PDF changes
usage: basic invocation
https://qpdf.readthedocs.io