# pdfseparate > Portable Document Format (PDF) file page extractor. > More information: . - Extract pages from PDF file and make a separate PDF file for each page: `pdfseparate {{path/to/source_filename.pdf}} {{path/to/destination_filename-%d.pdf}}` - Specify the first/start page for extraction: `pdfseparate -f {{3}} {{path/to/source_filename.pdf}} {{path/to/destination_filename-%d.pdf}}` - Specify the last page for extraction: `pdfseparate -l {{10}} {{path/to/source_filename.pdf}} {{path/to/destination_filename-%d.pdf}}`