Insert Pages

This command inserts empty pages:

• Before or after selected pages OR
• If no page is selected, before or after every page

Have a look at some examples.

Usage

pdfcpu pages insert [-p(ages) selectedPages] [-m(ode) before|after] inFile [outFile]

Flags

name	description	required	values	default
p(ages)	selected pages	no
m(ode)		no	before, after	before

Common Flags

Arguments

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

Examples

Insert an empty page before every page of in.pdf. This way you get a PDF that gives you space for adding annotations for pages:

$ pdfcpu pages insert in.pdf
writing in.pdf...

Insert an empty page before pages 1 to 5:

$ pdfcpu pages insert -pages 1-5 in.pdf out.pdf
writing out.pdf...

Insert an empty page after the last page:

$ pdfcpu pages insert -pages l -mode after in.pdf out.pdf
writing out.pdf...