Sometimes it is required to extract some pages from a PDF file and save them as another PDF document.
In Linux we can easily split PDF documents by pages using the command line utility called pdftk.
From this article you will learn how to extract individual pages or a range of pages from a PDF file and save them as another PDF document.
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First of all it is required to install the pdftk utility:
$ sudo apt-get install pdftk
Split PDF File
Extract the 5th page from the ORIG_FILE.pdf and save it to the NEW_FILE.pdf:
$ pdftk ORIG_FILE.pdf cat 5 output NEW_FILE.pdf
Extract several individual pages:
$ pdftk ORIG_FILE.pdf cat 1 4 6 output NEW_FILE.pdf
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Extract a range of pages:
$ pdftk ORIG_FILE.pdf cat 1-5 output NEW_FILE.pdf
Extract the combination of individual pages and a range of pages:
$ pdftk ORIG_FILE.pdf cat 1 5 7 10-12 output NEW_FILE.pdf
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