Trim

Generate a trimmed version of inFile for selected pages. Have a look at some examples.

Usage

pdfcpu trim -p(ages) selectedPages inFile [outFile]

Flags

name	description	required
p(ages)	selected pages	yes

Common Flags

name	description	values
v(erbose)	turn on logging
vv	verbose logging
q(uiet)	quiet mode
u(nit)	display unit	po(ints),in(ches),cm,mm
c(onf)	config dir	$path, disable
upw	user password
opw	owner password

Arguments

name	description	required	default
inFile	PDF input file	yes
outFile	PDF output file	no	inFile

Restrictions

The following PDF elements are not carried over into the trimmed document:

• Annotations
• Outlines
• Struct Trees
• Forms

Examples

Get rid of unwanted blank pages:

$ pdfcpu trim -pages even test.pdf test_trimmed.pdf

Create a single page PDF file for a specific page number:

$ pdfcpu trim -pages 1 test.pdf firstPage.pdf

Get rid of the catalog and trailing index:

$ pdfcpu trim -pages "!2-4,!12-" book.pdf essence.pdf