Split

Generate a set of PDF files for inFile in outDir according to given span value. Also check out the extract pages command which gives you similar functionality. Have a look at some examples.

Usage

pdfcpu split inFile outDir [ span | pageNr... ] [flags]

Flags

name	required	value	description
m(ode)	no	span	Split into PDF files with span pages each (default).
		bookmark	Split into PDF files representing sections defined by existing bookmarks.
		page	Split before specific page number(s).

Common Flags

Arguments

name	description	required	default
inFile	PDF input file, use `-` to read from stdin	yes
outDir	output directory	yes
span	split span in pages	no	1

Restrictions

The following PDF elements are not carried over into the output files:

Annotations
Outlines
Struct Trees
Forms

Examples

Split a PDF file into single page PDF files in out:

$ pdfcpu split test.pdf out

Split a PDF file into individual PDF files for every sheet of paper. Every PDF output file in out spans 2 pages of the original:

$ pdfcpu split test.pdf out 2

Split a PDF file along its bookmarks:

$ pdfcpu split test.pdf out -m bookmark

Split a PDF file before pages 2,4,10:

$ pdfcpu split -m page test.pdf out 2 4 10

Split selected pages from a PDF streamed from S3 into a local output directory:

$ aws s3 cp s3://acme-print/board-pack.pdf - \
   | pdfcpu split -m page - ./board-pack 10 25