Split And Merge PDF Files With PDF-Shuffler [Linux]

By | January 18, 2011 |

pdfshuffler-splitIf you have two or more Words documents, you can easily open them in any Office suite and cut/paste the content to split or merge them. What about PDF files? If you have several PDF files that you want to merge together, how can you do it with the same ease? In Linux, PDF-Shuffler is the answer.

PDF-Shuffler is the frontend interface for pyPdf. pyPdf is a PDF toolkit built with pure-python library. It is capable of extracting document information, splitting and merging documents, cropping pages, encrypting and decrypting PDF files. PDF-Shuffler merely make use of the splitting and merging functionality of pyPdf and turn itself into an easy to use and useful application.
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How to Compress and Split Files in Ubuntu

By | October 6, 2008 |

In Ubuntu, the Archive Manager (or file-roller) has make it easy for anyone to compress and zip up a file or folder, but if you have a large file, say 20Gb, and you want to back it up to the CD/DVD, you will find that no amount of compression can you reduce the file size to fit into 1 CD/DVD. In such case, it is a better solution to compress and split the large file into several smaller files and store them separately. This also applies if you want to share a large file on a file-sharing site. Splitting the compressed file into several smaller files will make it easier for others to download.

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