pdfconcatenate

Package: WA2L/WinTools 1.2.08
Section: General Commands (1)
Updated: 22 August 2018
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NAME

pdfconcatenate - concatenate PDF files

 

SYNOPSIS

WA2LWinTools/bin/pdfconcatenate [ -h | -i | -u | -V ]

pdfconcatenate [ file.pdf ... ]

 

AVAILABILITY

WA2L/WinTools

 

DESCRIPTION

Concatenate PDF files.

There is a slight difference of functionality if you use the command thru the 'Send To' menu of 'Microsoft™ Windows Explorer' or the 'Microsoft™ Start' menu.

Use thru
'Send To' context menu in 'Explorer':

When the pdfconcatenate command is called thru 'Microsoft™ Windows Explorer' → 'Right Mouse Button' → 'Send To' → pdfconcatenate the selected files are concatenated in the selected order.

The output file name is based on the file where the mouse pointer is when you press the 'Right Mouse Button'.

Therefore if the Ctrl key is used while selecting individual files, the order of the concatenation can be influenced.

Use thru
'Windows Start' menu:

When the pdfconcatenate command is called thru 'Microsoft™ Start' menu → pdfconcatenate the selected files are concatenated in the order as displayed in the dialog box.

The output file name is based on the topmost file in the dialog box.

 

OPTIONS

-h
usage message.

-i
install the pdfconcatenate command as menu point 'pdfconcatenate' to the 'Send To' context menu in 'Windows Explorer'.

-u
uninstall the pdfconcatenate shortcut from the 'Send To' context menu in 'Windows Explorer'.

-V
print program version.

file.pdf
PDF file to be concatenated. When installed in the 'Send To' menu the selected files in 'Windows Explorer' is passed to the pdfconcatenate command.

If no file is specified, you are queried to select files by a open file box dialog where you then can select the files to be processed.

 

ENVIRONMENT

-

 

EXIT STATUS

0
no error.

1
resulting file could not be created.

2
selected file does not exist.

4
usage message displayed.

5
program version printed.

6
no file selected.

 

FILES

lib/pagenumbers.pdf
test file.

 

EXAMPLES

-

 

SEE ALSO

wintoolsintro(1), config(1m), pdfrotate(1), pdftk(3), pdftkbuilder(1), https://www.pdfhacks.com/pdftk/

 

NOTES

The pdfconcatenate command uses internally pdftk, the PDF toolkit by Sid Steward.

For more information about pdftk , see: https://www.pdfhacks.com/pdftk/ .

 

BUGS

-

 

AUTHOR

pdfconcatenate was developed by Christian Walther. Send suggestions and bug reports to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .

 

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2020 Christian Walther

This is free software; see WA2LWinTools/man/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
AVAILABILITY
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
ENVIRONMENT
EXIT STATUS
FILES
EXAMPLES
SEE ALSO
NOTES
BUGS
AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT

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