Then make it executable (right-click on merge_pdfs.sh -> Permissions tab -> tick 'Allow executing file as a program' home/your_username/.local/share/nautilus/scriptsĪnd name it 'merge_pdfs.sh' (for example).

So I took the assumption that all filepaths will start with '/home/' and end with '.pdf'ĬLEANED_FILE_PATHS=$(echo $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS | sed 's.pdf /home/.pdfĮcho $CLEANED_FILE_PATHS | bash -c 'IFS=$''''' ''''' read -d '' -ra x pdfunite merged.pdf'

pdfunite only accepts the filepaths in the middle of the command so I had to scratch my head to manage the spaces in the filepaths.

I wanted it to be very quick so I used pdfunite.

I wanted it to be easily accessible so I created a right-click shortcut in Nautilus (see ).

You can read its documentation for more details. There is a lot you can do with Ghostscript. You can also use PostScript or EPS files, or any mixture of the three. Your input files don't even need to be PDF files. Tells Ghostscript to save the combined PDF file with the specified name.Īcrobat Distiller parameter AutoRotatePages controls the automatic orientation selection algorithm: For instance: -dAutoRotatePages=/None or /All or /PageByPage. Tells Ghostscript to use its built-in PDF writer to process the files. q stops Ghostscript from displaying messages while it works dNOPAUSE forces Ghostscript to process each page without pausing for user interaction. If you don't include this option, Ghostscript will just keep running. dBATCH once Ghostscript processes the PDF files, it should exit. Here is a brief explanation of the command: gs starts the Ghostscript program. To use Ghostscript to combine PDF files, type something like the following: gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dAutoRotatePages=/None -sOutputFile=finished.pdf file1.pdf file2.pdf Ghostscript is a package (available by default in Ubuntu) that enables you to view or print PostScript and PDF files to other formats, or to convert those files to other formats.

Free pdf merger file with notes