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title: Combine multiple PDF files
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summary: >
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A quick note on how I got multiple PDF files combined into one single one
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on a linux command line.
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<small>The thumbnail was created with Google AI (Imagen 3).</small>
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date: 2024-10-26T20:27:05+02:00
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lastmod: 2024-12-08T11:13:52+0000
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categories:
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- computerstuff
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tags:
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- command-line
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- openbsd
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- freebsd
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- linux
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---
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I sometimes want to combine two or three PDF files into one (to print them
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two pages on a sheet, mostly).
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I did this recently and here I write it down again so I can find it again
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(I will forget this until the next time I need it again):
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```console
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$ gs -q -sPAPERSIZE=letter -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=output.pdf file1.pdf file2.pdf file3.pdf ...
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```
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Found on [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2507766/merge-convert-multiple-pdf-files-into-one-pdf/2507825#2507825).
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I also found another solution (further down at the link above) usable, but it produces much bigger files:
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```console
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$ qpdf --empty --pages *.pdf -- out.pdf
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```
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