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A Python script for stripping out metadata from a PDF file.
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strip_metadata.py
import os
from PyPDF2 import PdfFileReader, PdfFileMerger
files_dir = os.getcwd()
if 'stripped' not in os.listdir(files_dir):
os.mkdir('stripped')
for f in os.listdir(files_dir):
if f.split('.')[-1] == 'pdf':
merger = PdfFileMerger()
merger.append(PdfFileReader(f, 'rb'))
merger.write('stripped/{0}'.format(f))
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this isn't working anymore :(

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