Merge PDF

Shell Programming and Scripting
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Hi
I am trying to find a software to merge several pdfs into one pdf on our solaris machine. After merging the document, I have to direct it to a printer. Does anyone have a recommendation? I try to contact a couple of vendor but no replies.

Thanks.

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What are the contents of the PDF? Just plain text?

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Take a look at that Perl module maybe: CAM::PDF - search.cpan.org

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Plain text in the pdf with format borders. No images.

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I posted some python code in this thread to split 1 PDF document into a number of others.

This could be a good start for you as merging and splitting are very similar exercises.

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Hi.

See also pdftk:

Description: useful tool for manipulating PDF documents
 If PDF is electronic paper, then pdftk is an electronic stapler-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
  - Fill PDF Forms with FDF Data and/or Flatten Forms
  - Apply a Background Watermark
  - Report PDF on metrics, including metadata and bookmarks
  - Update PDF Metadata
  - Attach Files to PDF Pages or the PDF Document
  - Unpack PDF Attachments
  - Burst a PDF document into single pages
  - Uncompress and re-compress page streams
  - Repair corrupted PDF (where possible)

Found in many repositories, and PDFtk - The PDF Toolkit

Best wishes ... cheers, drl

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