Linux/pdftk

pdftk
If PDF is electronic paper, then pdftk is an electronic staple-remover, hole-punch, binder, secret-decoder-ring, and X-Ray-glasses. Pdftk is a simple tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents. Keep one in the top drawer of your desktop and use it to:


 * Merge PDF Documents
 * Split PDF Pages into a New Document
 * Decrypt Input as Necessary (Password Required)
 * Encrypt Output as Desired
 * Burst a PDF Document into Single Pages
 * Report on PDF Metrics, including Metadata and Bookmarks
 * Uncompress and Re-Compress Page Streams
 * Repair Corrupted PDF (Where Possible)

Installation
In rpmforge for CentOS yum install pdftk

RedHat 6 RPM: sudo yum install libgcj wget https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/pdftk-2.02-1.el6.x86_64.rpm sudo rpm -i pdftk-2.02-1.*.rpm


 * Install PDFtk on Red Hat or CentOS - https://www.pdflabs.com/docs/install-pdftk-on-redhat-or-centos/

Joining Files
pdftk file1.pdf file2.pdf cat output newFile.pdf

Splitting Files
pdftk user_guide.pdf burst

Remove Pages
pdftk myDocument.pdf cat 1-9 26-end output removedPages.pdf