The description of PDFTK - Play With New Friends
If PDF is electronic paper, then pdftk is an electronic staple-remover, hole-punch, binder, secret-decoder-ring, and X-Ray-glasses. Pdftk is a command-line tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents. Keep one in the top drawer of your desktop and use it to:Merge PDF DocumentsSplit PDF Pages into a New DocumentDecrypt Input as Necessary (Password Required)Encrypt Output as DesiredFill PDF Forms with FDF Data and/or Flatten FormsApply a Background WatermarkReport on PDF Metrics such as Metadata, Bookmarks, and Page LabelsUpdate PDF MetadataAttach Files to PDF Pages or the PDF DocumentUnpack PDF AttachmentsBurst a PDF Document into Single PagesUncompress and Re-Compress Page StreamsRepair Corrupted PDF (Where Possible)If PDF is electronic paper, then pdftk is an electronic staple-remover, hole-punch, binder, secret-decoder-ring, and X-Ray-glasses. Pdftk is a command-line tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents. Keep one in the top drawer of your desktop and use it to:Merge PDF DocumentsSplit PDF Pages into a New DocumentDecrypt Input as Necessary (Password Required)Encrypt Output as DesiredFill PDF Forms with FDF Data and/or Flatten FormsApply a Background WatermarkReport on PDF Metrics such as Metadata, Bookmarks, and Page LabelsUpdate PDF MetadataAttach Files to PDF Pages or the PDF DocumentUnpack PDF AttachmentsBurst a PDF Document into Single PagesUncompress and Re-Compress Page StreamsRepair Corrupted PDF (Where Possible)Merge PDF DocumentsSplit PDF Pages into a New DocumentDecrypt Input as Necessary (Password Required)Encrypt Output as DesiredFill PDF Forms with FDF Data and/or Flatten FormsApply a Background WatermarkReport on PDF Metrics such as Metadata, Bookmarks, and Page LabelsUpdate PDF MetadataAttach Files to PDF Pages or the PDF DocumentUnpack PDF AttachmentsBurst a PDF Document into Single PagesUncompress and Re-Compress Page StreamsRepair Corrupted PDF (Where Possible)Merge PDF DocumentsSplit PDF Pages into a New DocumentDecrypt Input as Necessary (Password Required)Encrypt Output as DesiredFill PDF Forms with FDF Data and/or Flatten FormsApply a Background WatermarkReport on PDF Metrics such as Metadata, Bookmarks, and Page LabelsUpdate PDF MetadataAttach Files to PDF Pages or the PDF DocumentUnpack PDF AttachmentsBurst a PDF Document into Single PagesUncompress and Re-Compress Page StreamsRepair Corrupted PDF (Where Possible)