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Mac OS X – bash function to join pdfs on the command line
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osx_pdf_join.sh
function pdf_join {
join_py="/System/Library/Automator/Combine PDF Pages.action/Contents/Resources/join.py"
read -p "Name of output file > " output_file && "$join_py" -o $output_file $@ && open $output_file
}
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ldong commented Feb 2, 2015

Zsh version

function pdf_join {
  join_py="/System/Library/Automator/Combine PDF Pages.action/Contents/Resources/join.py"
  read "output_file?Name of output file > "
  "$join_py" -o $output_file $@ && open $output_file
}

Usage: pdf_join merged.pdf 1.pdf 2.pdf

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