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.
This document was created by man2html
using the manual pages.
Time: 16:32:37 GMT, September 14, 2024