mutool merge#

The merge command is used to pick out pages from two or more files and merge them into a new output file.

mutool merge [-o output.pdf] [-O options] input.pdf [pages] [input2.pdf] [pages2] ...

Note

Command line parameters within square brackets [] are optional.

[-o output.pdf]

The output filename. Defaults to “out.pdf” if not supplied.

[-O options]

Comma separated list of output options.

  • decompress Decompress all streams (except compress-fonts/images).

  • compress Compress all streams.

  • compress-fonts Compress embedded fonts.

  • compress-images Compress images.

  • ascii ASCII hex encode binary streams.

  • pretty Pretty-print objects with indentation.

  • linearize Optimize for web browsers.

  • clean Pretty-print graphics commands in content streams.

  • sanitize Sanitize graphics commands in content streams.

  • incremental Write changes as incremental update.

  • continue-on-error Continue saving the document even if there is an error.

  • garbage Garbage collect unused objects.

    or garbage=compact … and compact cross reference table.

    or garbage=deduplicate … and remove duplicate objects.

  • decrypt Write unencrypted document.

  • encrypt=rc4-40|rc4-128|aes-128|aes-256 Write encrypted document.

  • permissions=NUMBER Document permissions to grant when encrypting.

  • user-password=PASSWORD Password required to read document.

  • owner-password=PASSWORD Password required to edit document.

  • regenerate-id Regenerate document id (default yes).

input.pdf

The first document.

[pages]

Comma separated list of page ranges for the first document (input.pdf). The first page is “1”, and the last page is “N”. The default is “1-N”.

[input2.pdf]

The second document.

[pages2]

Comma separated list of page ranges for the second document (input2.pdf). The first page is “1”, and the last page is “N”. The default is “1-N”.

...

Indicates that we add as many additional [input] & [pages] pairs as required to merge multiple documents.

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