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Removing pdf security limitations so you can copy text or edit the pdf document with ghostscript. This is a really easy command line way to (re)gain control over a pdf's content #hacks #pdf http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/4345/remove-security-limitations-from-pdf-documents-using-ghostscript
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gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=OUTPUT.pdf -c .setpdfwrite -f INPUT.pdf
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