PDF Joiner

A simple command-line utility for joining multiple PDF files into a single PDF document on macOS.

Requirements

• macOS (This tool uses the built-in macOS PDF joining utility)
• Go 1.18 or later (for building from source)

Installation

From Source

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/vinitkumar/pdf-joiner.git
   cd pdf-joiner
   

2. Build the binary:

   make build
   

3. (Optional) Install the binary to your system:

   make install
   

Usage

pdf-joiner [-o output.pdf] file1.pdf file2.pdf [file3.pdf ...]

Options

• -o: Specify the output file path. If not provided, the output will be saved as joined-pdf-YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS.pdf in the current directory.

Examples

Join two PDF files:

pdf-joiner file1.pdf file2.pdf

Join multiple PDF files with a specific output path:

pdf-joiner -o merged.pdf file1.pdf file2.pdf file3.pdf

Join all PDF files in a directory:

pdf-joiner -o merged.pdf /path/to/directory/*.pdf

How It Works

This tool is a wrapper around the macOS built-in PDF joining utility located at:

/System/Library/Automator/Combine PDF Pages.action/Contents/MacOS/join

Development

Running Tests

make test

Building for Different Architectures

Build for both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs:

make build-universal-darwin

Cleaning Up

make clean

License

MIT. See the LICENSE file for more details.

Author

Vinit Kumar (mail@vinitkumar.me)