Re: Combine PDF files

[Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de>]

Tom Browder wrote on 20/09/2025 16:48:
> I have a new HP all-in-one printer I can use to scan to PDF. Unfortunately I 
> haven't found any Debian app that can produce multiplle-page PDF scans. The only 
> app I have any scanning success with is XSane (its docs are not good, nor is its
> user interface).
>
> The PDF Tool kit (pdftk) can be used if you're smart enough to decipher the man 
> page, but I created a Raku module that does the trick of combining PDFs
> with a much friendlier CLI (thanks to my New Zealand Raku and Debian
> friend David Warring and his wonderful PDF modules).
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A tool for merging pdf files not mentioned so far is qpdf:

    qpdf --empty --pages input1.pdf input2.pdf input3.pdf -- output.pdf

Regards,
Jörg.