How to add pdf pages using command line

The VeryPDF.com has been asked recently “is there a tool available to add pdf pages?” the answer is confirmative. You can experience Advanced PDF Tools Command Line. It is specialized in adding pdf pages. The rest part of this article will use---insert pages specified by page range (/1, 2-4, 9) of d:\pdf1.pdf and (/1, 3) of d:\pdf2.pdf respectively into d:\input.pdf before second page---as example to illustrate.

First step—Downloading

Follow this link you will obtain Advanced PDF Tools

https://www.verypdf.com/pdfinfoeditor/advanced_pdf_tools_cmd.zip

The whole package is just of 3.04 MB, making the download swiftly, do remember to extract it, for it is a zipped package.

Second step—Launching

You are bound to launch MS-DOS command prompt window. Because the command line is bound to be operated under the MS-DOS environment. The procedure is easy, and the following pictures will guide you.

1) click “start” and then go to “Run”

Click the start menu

select Run

2) input cmd into the following

Run dialog

3) press “ok”, you will find MS-DOS command prompt window popping up

command prompt

Third step—Inputting

input command line to add pdf pages

it goes below

pdftools.exe  -i “C:\input.pdf” -o “C:\output.pdf” “-*” “2|0|d:\pdf1.pdf/1,2-4,9|d:\pdf2.pdf/1,3”

where

  1. the option -i is to specify a pdf filename or a directory for input,
  2. the option -o is to specify the pdf file name for output,
  3. “-*” “2|0|d:\pdf1.pdf/1,2-4,9|d:\pdf2.pdf/1,3″ : -*” is to insert pdf pages, 2 means source file’s page number, 0 means before.

so the command line can be paraphrased as add pages specified by page range (/1, 2-4, 9) of d:\pdf1.pdf and (/1, 3) of d:\pdf2.pdf respectively into d:\input.pdf before second page.

when the input is done, press “enter” key, you will see

progress displayed in command prompt window

Fourth step—Checking

open the file to check the result, the VeryPDF.com makes a comparison below

input pdf file

output pdf file             

Through the contrast, you can find totally 7 pages have been inserted, they are 1,2-4,9 of d:\pdf1.pdf and page 1,3 of d:\pdf2.pdf respectively and indicated by black circle. Below are separated new added pages.

 newly-added pages

newly-added pages

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