pdf-tools

This repository is a collection of useful pdf tools.

Docker repository

gkmr/pdf-tools

Tool list

• pdftk
• ghostscript
• qpdf
• pdf2dsc
• pdf2ps
• pdfdetach
• pdffonts
• pdfimages
• pdfinfo
• pdfseparate
• pdftocairo
• pdftohtml
• pdftoppm
• pdftops
• pdftotext
• pdfunite

Usage

Prepare

docker pull gkmr/pdf-tools
mkdir pdf

Put PDF files in pdf directory.

Execute

docker run -v $PWD/pdf:/pdf gkmr/pdf-tools <command>

Samples & Documents

pdftk

pdftk can combines, splits and rearranges PDF files.

Sample

merge pdf

docker run -v $PWD/pdf:/pdf gkmr/pdf-tools pdftk /pdf/0.pdf /pdf/1.pdf cat output /pdf/merged.pdf

split pdf

docker run -v $PWD/pdf:/pdf gkmr/pdf-tools pdftk /pdf/input.pdf cat 1-3 output /pdf/splitted.pdf

Document

https://www.pdflabs.com/docs/pdftk-man-page/

ghostscript

ghostscript can convert image, embed font and outline, etc.

Sample

Convert to grayscale.

docker run -v $PWD/pdf:/pdf gkmr/pdf-tools gs -sOutputFile=/pdf/grayscale.pdf -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sColorConversionStrategy=Gray -dProcessColorModel=/DeviceGray -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dAutoRotatePages=/None -dBATCH /pdf/output.pdf

Document

https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/current/Use.htm

qpdf

qpdf does structural and content-preserving transformations on PDF files.

Sample

Password clear.

docker run -v $PWD/pdf:/pdf gkmr/pdf-tools qpdf --decrypt /pdf/encrypted.pdf --password=PASSWORD  /pdf/decrypted.pdf

Document

http://qpdf.sourceforge.net/files/qpdf-manual.html

pdf2dsc

pdf2dsc is generate a PostScript page list of a PDF document.

Sample

docker run -v $PWD/pdf:/pdf gkmr/pdf-tools pdf2dsc /pdf/input.pdf

Document

https://linux.die.net/man/1/pdf2dsc

pdf2ps

pdf2ps is Ghostscript PDF to PostScript translator.

Sample

docker run -v $PWD/pdf:/pdf gkmr/pdf-tools pdf2ps /pdf/input.pdf /pdf/output.ps

Document

https://linux.die.net/man/1/pdf2ps

pdfdetach

pdfdetach is document embedded file extractor.

Sample

Detach all embedded data.

docker run -v $PWD/pdf:/pdf gkmr/pdf-tools pdfdetach -saveall -o output /pdf/input.pdf

Document

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/cosmic/man1/pdfdetach.1.html

pdffonts

pdffonts is font analyzer.

Sample

docker run -v $PWD/pdf:/pdf gkmr/pdf-tools pdffonts /pdf/foo.pdf

Document

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/cosmic/man1/pdffonts.1.html

pdfimages

pdfimages is image extractor.

Sample

Convert JPEG images.

docker run -v $PWD/pdf:/pdf gkmr/pdf-tools pdfimages -j /pdf/input.pdf /pdf/output

Document

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/cosmic/man1/pdfimages.1.html

pdfinfo

pdfinfo is document information extractor.

Sample

docker run -v $PWD/pdf:/pdf gkmr/pdf-tools pdfinfo /pdf/foo.pdf

Document

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/cosmic/man1/pdfinfo.1.html

pdfseparate

pdfseparate is page extractor.

Sample

docker run -v $PWD/pdf:/pdf gkmr/pdf-tools pdfseparate /pdf/input.pdf /pdf/output_%d.pdf

Document

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/cosmic/man1/pdfseparate.1.html

pdftocairo

pdftocairo is to PNG/JPEG/TIFF/PDF/PS/EPS/SVG using cairo.

Sample

docker run -v $PWD/pdf:/pdf gkmr/pdf-tools pdftocairo -jpeg /pdf/input.pdf /pdf/output

Document

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/cosmic/man1/pdftocairo.1.html

pdftohtml

pdftohtml is to convert PDF files into HTML, XML and PNG images.

Sample

docker run -v $PWD/pdf:/pdf gkmr/pdf-tools pdftohtml /pdf/input.pdf /pdf/output

Document

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/cosmic/man1/pdftohtml.1.html

pdftoppm

pdftoppm is to Portable Pixmap converter.

Sample

docker run -v $PWD/pdf:/pdf gkmr/pdf-tools pdftoppm /pdf/input.pdf /pdf/output

Document

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/cosmic/man1/pdftoppm.1.html

pdftops

pdftops is to PostScript converter.

Sample

docker run -v $PWD/pdf:/pdf gkmr/pdf-tools pdftops /pdf/input.pdf /pdf/output.pdf

Document

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/cosmic/man1/pdftops.1.html

pdftotext

pdftotext is to text converter.

Sample

docker run -v $PWD/pdf:/pdf gkmr/pdf-tools pdftotext /pdf/foo.pdf /pdf/foo.txt

Document

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/cosmic/man1/pdftotext.1.html

pdfunite

pdfunite is PDF page merger.

Sample

docker run -v $PWD/pdf:/pdf gkmr/pdf-tools pdfunite /pdf/0.pdf /pdf/1.pdf /pdf/2.pdf /pdf/merged.pdf

Document

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/cosmic/man1/pdfunite.1.html