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| author | Jay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org> | 2017-08-05 16:01:34 +0200 |
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| committer | Jay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org> | 2017-08-05 16:22:33 +0200 |
| commit | 49825e5cb67e589060de435f59203fa2f29b0476 (patch) | |
| tree | 9392de891e2ecca4d2b495c6c937d51b17deade9 /manual | |
| parent | 8fe261d8b4c26c0cb9f863ec3850c4b82755a42f (diff) | |
| download | qpdf-49825e5cb67e589060de435f59203fa2f29b0476.tar.zst | |
Add --split-pages option (fixes #30)
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| -rw-r--r-- | manual/qpdf-manual.xml | 69 |
1 files changed, 69 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml index 830231b2..5f1a90e2 100644 --- a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml +++ b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml @@ -354,6 +354,75 @@ make </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--single-pages</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Write each page to a separate output file. Output file names + are generated as follows: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + If the string <literal>%d</literal> appears in the output + file name, it is replaced with a zero-padded page number + starting from 1. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Otherwise, if the output file name ends in + <filename>.pdf</filename> (case insensitive), a zero-padded + page number, preceded by a dash, is inserted before the + file extension. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Otherwise, the file name is appended with a zero-padded + page number preceded by a dash. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + <para> + For example, if <filename>infile.pdf</filename> has 12 pages + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + <command>qpdf infile.pdf %d-out</command> would generate + files <filename>01-out</filename> through + <filename>12-out</filename> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <command>qpdf infile.pdf outfile.pdf + --single-pages</command> would generate files + <filename>outfile-01.pdf</filename> through + <filename>outfile-12.pdf</filename> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <command>qpdf infile.pdf something.else</command> would generate + files <filename>something.else-01</filename> through + <filename>something.else-12</filename> + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + <para> + Note that outlines, threads, and other global features of the + original PDF file are not preserved. For each page of output, + this option creates an empty PDF and copies a single page from + the output into it. If you require the global data, you will + have to run <command>qpdf</command> with the + <option>--pages</option> option once for each file. Using + <option>--single-pages</option> is much faster if you don't + require the global data. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> </variablelist> </para> <para> |