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A simple, GPL-licensed command-line tool for manipulating PDF documents.

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Pdftk allows you to manipulate PDF easily and freely. It does not require Acrobat, and it runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and Solaris.

Pdftk can

  • Merge PDF Documents
  • Split PDF Pages into a New Document
  • Rotate PDF Pages or Documents
  • Decrypt Input as Necessary (Password Required)
  • Encrypt Output as Desired
  • Fill PDF Forms with FDF Data or XFDF Data and/or Flatten Forms
  • Apply a Background Watermark or a Foreground Stamp
  • Report on PDF Metrics such as Metadata, Bookmarks, and Page Labels
  • Update PDF Metadata
  • Attach Files to PDF Pages or the PDF Document
  • Unpack PDF Attachments
  • Burst a PDF Document into Single Pages
  • Uncompress and Re-Compress Page Streams
  • Repair Corrupted PDF (Where Possible)
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GitHub Actions install pdftk

I'm trying to install pdftk for Github Actions Workflow. But it doesn't seem to be working. Any Idea, how to setup PDFTK for Github Actions ? Github Actions Workflow: on: push: branches: [setup_github] pull_request: branches:…
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Why are PDF bookmarks created using pdftk not showing in macOS Preview?

I'm trying to add Bookmarks with titles using the following command: pdftk A.pdf update_info metadata.txt output B.pdf When I check B.pdf's metadata, using pdftk B.pdf data_dump output metadata_B.txt, I see the lines I…
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geting Error on pdffiller : spawn pdftk ENOENT

I use pdffiller on my project npm install pdffiller and this is my code return new Promise((resolve, reject) => { pdfFiller.fillFormWithFlatten(sourcePDF,distPath,formValues,false,function (err) { if (err) { …
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pdftk: multistamp: [File size increase after multistamp] vs [total text added due to multistamp] looks unreasonable

I have a pdf of filesize 7.5MB and pages 4000 I wanted to add pagenumber at the bottom. So i have another blank pdf of pages 4000 with only pages numbers at the bottom. Its filesize 2MB Now using pdftk option multistamp i am adding page number to…
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How to add footer to pdf with pdfjam or pdftk?

I am using a shell script to modify many pdfs and would like to create a script that adds the page number (1 of X format) to the bottom of PDFs in a directory along with the text of the filename. I tried using pdfjam with this format: pdfjam…
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Combine PDFs with spaces in file names

I have a directory with lots of PDFs that have spaces in their file names. file 1.pdf file 2.pdf file 3.pdf # And so on I ran this command in that directory. pdftk `ls -v` cat output combined-report.pdf But the terminal spat out a bunch of errors…
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PDF template not merging data properly with pdftk

I'm editing a PDF template with using pdftk command = ("pdftk " + '"' + template + '"' + " fill_form " + '"' + pathUser + user['mail'] + ".xfdf" + '"' + " output " + '"' + …
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Google Chrome FDF data unable to be filled into PDF by PDFTK

I have a PDF form that I have set up to send (X)FDF data to a php script, that uses PDFTK to parse the (X)FDF data and flatten it, then save it as a PDF on my system (for testing). Everything functions normally in Adobe Acrobat Pro. But when I use…
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Combining pdftk strings for specific pages

I've checked "Similar questions" and went through a lot of search but I can't seem to find a way to combine the snippets I already figured out; would be awesome if someone is able to help. Using pdftk, alternatively running through PowerShell I…
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Ghostcript merge image/form with text file

I have an app dependent legacy environment running SCO Unix 5.0.7 that I can install Ghostscrip on. Using a scanned form (lines, boxes, logo, etc) that I've stored as an image (could store it as PDF instead if that helps), I need to be able to (1)…
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Concatenate pdf and add table of contents

I have several pdf files (say chapters of a book) and I want to concatenate them and add a table of contents to the resulting pdf. No original pdf file has a table of contents. Simple numbers as the table of contents is more than fine. I know that I…
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php-pdftk permission issue on debian 9

I'm facing an issue with php-pdftk on debian 9. I want to edit and merge some PDF files, but I can't save it. I get the following error when I call $pdf->saveAs('some_path.pdf'); I already tried solutions from this post, but not working. Someone…
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Is there a way to execute a PDF field script while filling its form with pdftk?

I've been tasked to fill a pre-made PDF form via a Symfony app. I'm using this pdftk wrapper to do the job, but there's an issue. This PDF uses some scripts for hiding/showing some field: for example, they trigger when a radio button has been…
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How can I extract images from a PDF in linux while preserving transparency?

I've tried using pdfextract to extract images from a PDF and while it does extract the images I want, it extracts them with a black background. However, it also extracts a "mask" image, which I believe is the alpha channel. I've read through…
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Heroku PDFTK throwing vague EPIPE and EACCES error

I have an app on a heroku hobby web dyno running a fairly basic node api. We have a series of pdf's that get attached to a pdf generated by puppeteer. My code works when I run it locally (windows) but it also works when I deploy to a my production…
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