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.TH PDFMULT "1" "January 2013" "pdfmult 1.3.1" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
pdfmult \- puts multiple copies of a PDF page on one page
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pdfmult
[\fIoptions\fR] \fIfile\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
pdfmult is a command line tool that
rearranges multiple copies of a PDF page (shrunken) on one page.
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The paper size of the produced PDF file is A4,
the input file is also assumed to be in A4 format.
The input PDF file may consist of several pages.
If pdfmult succeeds in obtaining the page count it will rearrange all pages,
if not, only the first page is processed
(unless the page count was specified via command line option).
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pdfmult uses pdflatex with the pdfpages package,
so both have to be installed on the system.
If the \fB\-\-latex\fR option is used, though, pdflatex is not run
and a LaTeX file is created instead of a PDF.
.SH OPTIONS
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\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-number\fR NUMBER
Number of copies to put on one page: 2 (default), 4, 8, 9, 16.
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\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-[no\-]force\fR
Do not prompt before overwriting.
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\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-latex\fR
Create a LaTeX file instead of a PDF file (default: file_2.tex).
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\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR FILE
Output file (default: file_2.pdf). Use \- to output to stdout.
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\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-pages\fR NUMBER
Number of pages to convert.
If given, pdfmult does not try to obtain the page count from the source PDF.
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\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-[no\-]silent\fR
Do not output progress information.
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\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Print a brief help message and exit.
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\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Print a brief version information and exit.
.SH EXAMPLES
 pdfmult sample.pdf                 # =>  sample_2.pdf (2 copies)
 pdfmult -n 4 sample.pdf            # =>  sample_4.pdf (4 copies)
 pdfmult sample.pdf -o outfile.pdf  # =>  outfile.pdf  (2 copies)
 pdfmult sample.pdf -p 3            # =>  processes 3 pages
 pdfmult sample.pdf -o - | lpr      # =>  sends output via stdout to print command
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs on the pdfmult home page: <https://github.com/stomar/pdfmult/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2011\-2013 Marcus Stollsteimer.
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License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
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There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for pdfmult is available on
the project home page: <https://github.com/stomar/pdfmult/>.