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pdfseparate: Specify the first/start page for extraction.

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$ pdfseparate -f ${3} ${path-to-source_filename-pdf} ${path-to-destination_filename-%d-pdf}

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The command you provided is using a tool called "pdfseparate" to split a PDF file into multiple individual pages.

Here is a breakdown of the command:

"pdfseparate": This is the name of the command-line tool that is being executed. It is used to separate pages from a PDF file.
"-f ${3}": This is an argument passed to the "pdfseparate" command. The "-f" flag specifies the first page to be extracted from the PDF file. "${3}" represents a variable, where the value of the variable is expected to be provided when running the command. This value should be the desired starting page number.
"${path-to-source_filename-pdf}": This is another variable representation. It should be replaced with the actual path to the PDF file you want to split. Make sure to include the file name and extension.
"${path-to-destination_filename-%d-pdf}": This is again a variable representation. Replace it with the path and desired name format for the output files. The "%d" is a placeholder that will be replaced with the page number, and the "-pdf" is added to the end of each generated file. For example, if you set the path to "/path/to/output/file-", the resulting files will be named as "file-1.pdf", "file-2.pdf", etc.

In summary, the command is using "pdfseparate" to split a PDF file starting from a specified page number. The resulting pages will be saved as individual PDF files using the provided output file format.

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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