Merge-PDF

Merge PDF files using customizations within a folder using Command line.

How to Install

pip install mergemypdf

How to use

• Open Terminal
• Move to the directory where PDFs are present.
• Run mergemypdf -h for more info.

Usage:

mergemypdf -c <number_of_pdfs> -o <order_of_merging> -f <output_pdf_filename>

Examples:

mergemypdf -c 10 -o 1 -f merged.pdf

mergemypdf -p password -f merged.pdf

mergemypdf -ep 1 -p password

mergemypdf -a 1 -f merged.pdf

Optional arguments:

- s : <pdf_name_starting_with_string> 
- e : <pdf_name_endswith_string> 
- cn: <pdf_name_containing_string>

Note:

• -c represents number of PDFs needed to merge.
• -o represents order of merging PDFs, 0 is Ascending, 1 is descending and 2 is Shuffle. Default is Ascending.
• -s represents start string in PDF file's name.
• -e represents end string in PDF file's name.
• -cn represents string containing in PDF file's name.
• -f represents saved file name. Default names are randomly generated, adviced to specify a name everytime.
• -i represents the flag if only images need to be merged within a folder. Default is false.
• -ip represents the flag if both images and pdfs need to be merged within a folder. Default is false.
• -p represents password used to decrypt PDFs. If the PDFs have individually different passwords omit this and you will be prompted to enter each password.
• -epub represents the flag if only EPUBs need to be merged within a folder. Default is false.
• -ep represents the flag if both EPUBs and PDFs need to be merged within a folder. Default is false.
• -ie represents the flag if both images and EPUBs need to be merged within a folder. Default is false.
• -a represents the flag if all support file types (PDF, Images and EPUBS) need to be merged within a folder. Default is false.

Usage of Optional Arguments.

• mergemypdf -s 09 Only merge PDFs starting with 09.
• mergemypdf -e Derivation Only merge PDFs ending with Derivation.
• mergemypdf -cn Lecture Only merge PDFs having keyword 'Lecture' in the name.
• mergemypdf -i 1 Only merge Images from the directory.
• mergemypdf -ip 1 Merge both Images and PDFs from the directory.
• mergemypdf -p test123 Merge all PDFs from directory using the supplied password on any encrypted PDFs.
• mergemypdf -epub 1 Only merge EPUB files from the directory.
• mergemypdf -ep 1 Merge both EPUBs and PDFs from the directory.
• mergemypdf -ie 1 Merge both Images and EPUBs from the directory.
• mergemypdf -a 1 Merge PDFs, Images and EPUBs from the directory.