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# qpdf
> Versatile PDF transformation software.
> More information: <https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf>.
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- Extract pages 1-3, 5 and 6-10 from a PDF file and save them as another one:
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`qpdf --empty --pages {{input.pdf}} {{1-3,5,6-10}} -- {{output.pdf}}`
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- Merge (concatenate) a list of PDF files and save the result as another one:
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`qpdf --empty --pages {{file1.pdf}} {{1,6-8}} --pages {{file2.pdf}} {{3,4,5}} -- {{output.pdf}}`
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- Write each group of n pages to a separate output file with a given filename pattern:
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`qpdf --split-pages=n {{input.pdf}} {{out_%d.pdf}}`
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- Rotate certain pages of a pdf with a given angle:
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`qpdf --rotate={{90:2,4,6}} --rotate={{180:7-8}} {{input.pdf}} {{output.pdf}}`
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- Remove the password from a password protected file:
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`qpdf --password={{password}} --decrypt {{input.pdf}} {{output.pdf}}`