Combining pdfs in Ubuntu

Combine pdf Ubuntu

Add this function to the `~/.bashrc` file or keep as a shell script file.

```
function combine_pdfs()
{
    output_file=$1
    files=($2)
    gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dAutoRotatePages=/None -sOutputFile=$output_file "${files[@]}"
}
```
Remember to source the file. Then in a terminal in the folder containing the files type:

Usage: combine_pdfs blah_blah.pdf 'first.pdf second.pdf third.pdf fourth.pdf'

The above script will create a file `blah.pdf` which is a combination of `first.pdf`, `second.pdf` and `third.pdf`.

Add the this function to the ~/.bashrc file or keep as a shell script file.

function combine_pdfs()
{
    output_file=$1
    files=($2)
    gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dAutoRotatePages=/None -sOutputFile=$output_file "${files[@]}"
}

Remember to source the file. Then in a terminal in the folder containing the files type:

Usage: combine_pdfs blah_blah.pdf 'first.pdf second.pdf third.pdf fourth.pdf'

The above script will create a file blah.pdf which is a combination of first.pdf, second.pdf and third.pdf.