pdf-utils

A utility to handle commonly done PDF related tasks..

Usage

PDF Joining

pdf-utils will enable you to join a directory of PDFs into a singe large pdf.

To use this feature you run the command:

./pdf-utils join myPdfDirectory/ largepdf.pdf

Password Removal

To Be Added

Watermarking

pdf-utils will enable you to watermark pdfs.

Warning: this function will not work with very large PDFs

To use this feature you run the command ./pdf-utils watermark sourcepdf.pdf destinationpdf.pdf 'My watermark string here.'

Linux/OS X Installation (Setup)

0. Create a directory to set up virtualenv and code.

• Run the command mkdir pdf-utils

1. Create a virtual environment using virtualenv and python3

• Run the command virtualenv -p python3 pdf-utils

2. Enter and activate the newly created directory.

• Run the command cd pdf-utils
• Run the command source bin/activate

3. Acquire pdf-utils

• Run the command git clone https://github.com/mholiv/pdf-utils.git

4. Install the dependencies in the virtual environment.

• Run the command pip install click pypdf2

5. Mark 'pdf-utils' as executable.

• chmod +x pdf-utils

Requirements

0. Python 3.x
1. Python package virtualenv
2. Python package click
3. Python package pypdf2