PDF command-line utilities

Collection of useful shell scripts for quickly modifying pdf files from command-line.

Features

• Add page numbers on each page of either a A4 pdf document or on typical pdf presentation slides
• Easily write any text anywhere on a A4 pdf
• Sign A4 pdfs with your signature with one easy command (requires the file ~/templates/signature.png to exist)

Requirements

• PDFtk (command-line)
• PDFjam
• ps2pdf (Ghostscript)
• convert (ImageMagick 6.7.7-10 2016-06-01 Q16)
• Evince document viewer (optional for viewing)

Usage

1. Clone or download this repository.
2. Start the terminal and navigate to the scripts.
3. You may have to set the scripts to executable.

$ chmod +x addpagenum.sh addpagenumSlides.sh signpdf.sh writeonpdf.sh

Execute any command without parameters to retrieve the usage information. The scripts are short and intuitive and will offer more information on parameters settings.

$ ./writeonpdf.sh
Usage: writeonpdf.sh text document coord-x coord-y [scale] [quiet]
Coordinates of center

$ ./signpdf.sh
Usage: signpdf.sh document coord-x coord-y [scale]
Coordinates from center

$ ./addpagenum.sh
Usage: addpagenum.sh document [offset]

$ ./addpagenumSlides.sh
Usage: addpagenumSlides.sh document [offset]