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| author | Jay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org> | 2019-01-12 15:21:52 +0100 |
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| committer | Jay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org> | 2019-01-12 15:59:03 +0100 |
| commit | 53d8e916b75b983c18d4611e91d6e74cb51a49ec (patch) | |
| tree | a8bc4527d05bae7d232b9e67948db77d49bef9f4 /manual/qpdf-manual.xml | |
| parent | 5f128b9a270347d401b6c1e94b43d418f7cbffef (diff) | |
| download | qpdf-53d8e916b75b983c18d4611e91d6e74cb51a49ec.tar.zst | |
Interpret . in --pages as a shortcut for the primary file
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diff --git a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml index d30e8ea4..f7c528b7 100644 --- a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml +++ b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml @@ -956,6 +956,11 @@ make selection flags. </para> <para> + Starting with qpf 8.4, the special input file name + “<filename>.</filename>” can be used shortcut for the + primary input filename. + </para> + <para> For each file that pages should be taken from, specify the file, a password needed to open the file (if any), and a page range. The password needs to be given only once per file. If any of the @@ -1075,7 +1080,7 @@ make <filename>infile.pdf</filename> while preserving all metadata associated with that file, you could use - <programlisting><command>qpdf</command> <option>infile.pdf --pages infile.pdf 1-5 -- outfile.pdf</option> + <programlisting><command>qpdf</command> <option>infile.pdf --pages . 1-5 -- outfile.pdf</option> </programlisting> If you wanted pages 1 through 5 from <filename>infile.pdf</filename> but you wanted the rest of the @@ -1087,7 +1092,7 @@ make <filename>file1.pdf</filename> and pages 11–15 from <filename>file2.pdf</filename> in reverse, you would run - <programlisting><command>qpdf</command> <option>file1.pdf --pages file1.pdf 1-5 file2.pdf 15-11 -- outfile.pdf</option> + <programlisting><command>qpdf</command> <option>file1.pdf --pages file1.pdf 1-5 . 15-11 -- outfile.pdf</option> </programlisting> If, for some reason, you wanted to take the first page of an encrypted file called <filename>encrypted.pdf</filename> with |