pdfseparate:tldr:55f0a

pdfseparate: Specify the last page for extraction.

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$ pdfseparate -l ${10} ${path-to-source_filename-pdf} ${path-to-destination_filename-%d-pdf}

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The command "pdfseparate" is a command-line tool used to extract pages from a PDF file and save them as separate PDF files.

Here is an explanation of the command you provided:

"pdfseparate": This is the command itself.
"-l ${10}": This option specifies the range of pages to be extracted. In this case, "${10}" represents an argument passed to the command, indicating the page number from which the extraction should start. For example, if "${10}" is replaced with "5", it means the extraction will start from the 5th page of the source PDF file.
"${path-to-source_filename-pdf}": This is an argument specifying the path to the source PDF file from which the pages should be extracted. "${path-to-source_filename-pdf}" needs to be replaced with the actual path to the source PDF file on your system.
"${path-to-destination_filename-%d-pdf}": This is an argument specifying the path and naming convention for the extracted pages. It includes a "%d" which represents the page number of the extracted page. So, if the source PDF file has 10 pages and the extraction starts from the 5th page, the extracted pages will be saved as "path-to-destination_filename-5.pdf", "path-to-destination_filename-6.pdf", and so on. Again, "${path-to-destination_filename-%d-pdf}" needs to be replaced with the desired path and naming convention for the extracted pages.

Overall, the command is used to extract pages from a source PDF file and save them as separate PDF files with a specific naming convention.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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