Re: Modify python script, or best way to extract PDF pages?
Re: Modify python script, or best way to extract PDF pages?
- Subject: Re: Modify python script, or best way to extract PDF pages?
- From: Richard Rönnbäck <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 06:50:19 +0100
- Thread-topic: Modify python script, or best way to extract PDF pages?
Thanks has!
I will try this out. In another of your replies I also saw that you showed
how to count the pages. Those two together will suffice to do what I need
For the quick and dirty solution that I am going for right now calling the
shell for each extraction is ok, but in the long run it would obviously be
best to do it properly.
I also have some questions about how to best start learning python, but I
make that a separate thread.
Thanks again
Richard Rönnbäck
> Från: has <email@hidden>
> Datum: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:15:44 +0000
> Till: <email@hidden>
> Ämne: Re: Modify python script, or best way to extract PDF pages?
>
> Richard Ronnback wrote:
>
>> Nor have I been able to use
>> Automator and it's module for extracting pages, as it produces really whacky
>> file names and I need full control over the output file names.
>
> The Automator action writes files to a temporary location. You should capture
> those paths and rename the files yourself when moving them to their final
> destination.
>
>
>> I do however notice that Automator uses a python script to do it's job, so I
>> guess it would be possible to modify it. The script is located in "Macintosh
>> HD:System:Library:Automator:Extract Odd & Even
>> Pages.action:Contents:Resources:extract.py"
>
> You can invoke that script from the shell if you prefer. e.g.:
>
> python extract.py --input='/Users/foo/TEST.pdf'
> --output='/Users/foo/TEST 1.pdf' --slice='[0]'
>
> will output the first page of the pdf to file 'TEST 1.pdf'. It wouldn't be
> much effort to hack up a version that outputs the whole lot in a single
> operation if you needed it; let me know.
>
> HTH
>
> has
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