• Introduction
• Common Use Cases
• Tools for PDF Manipulation
• Conclusion

Introduction

Working with PDF files is a common task in a Linux environment. This guide will cover the essential Linux commands and tools for viewing, converting, and manipulating PDF documents.

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Common Use Cases

• Viewing PDF Files: Use evince or okular to view PDF files.

  evince file.pdf
  

• Converting PDF to Text: Use pdftotext to extract text from a PDF.

  pdftotext file.pdf output.txt
  

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Tools for PDF Manipulation

pdftk

pdftk is a powerful tool for manipulating PDF files, allowing you to merge, split, and encrypt PDFs.

pdftk file1.pdf file2.pdf cat output combined.pdf

ImageMagick

You can use ImageMagick to convert PDF pages to images.

convert -density 300 file.pdf -quality 100 output.png

Conclusion

Mastering the Linux commands and tools for working with PDF files enhances your productivity and versatility in a Linux environment.