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PDF merge from cli

The occasion might right from time to time when you need to merge multiple pdf’s. There are several ways to do this on Mac, but none of them worked out for me. This by a simple reason, the pdf’s where signed and secured, so I was unable to merge them using preview or other visual tools.

Seems like I’m only able to merge them using the python join.py script:

$ python '/System/Library/Automator/Combine PDF Pages.action/Contents/Resources/join.py' -o '/path/to/output.pdf' '/path/to/input1.pdf' '/path/to/input2.pdf'

Problem solved 🙂

Published by Michaël Rigart

I'm the founder of Netronix, a software company that specializes in Ruby / Ruby on Rails development. I have been developing and deploying a wide variety of online business and content applications. Hands-on experience in Ruby & PHP, although my focus lies mostly on the cutting edge of Ruby / Rails programming.