Losslessly extract pages from PDF to PDF

[peter_b]

Here's a short HowTo for extracting pages from a PDF into another PDF on the commandline.

1) Install the "PDF Toolkit" (pdftk):

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$ apt-get install pdftk

2) Extract the pages:

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$ pdftk A=inputfile.pdf cat AXX-YY output output.pdf

Replace the following parameters with the ones for your use case:

• inputfile.pdf: The source file
• XX-YY: Pages to extract. From (XX) to (YY)
• output.pdf: The output PDF file to create

Thanks to LinuxJournal article "Tech Tip: Extract Pages From a PDF" (by Kurt Pfeifle)