richardatlateralblast / pfft

PDF File Fixing Tool

PFFT

PDF File Fixing Tool

Script to fix PDF file that wont open on non Windows platforms. This most commonly occurs because of corrput/bad metadata or fonts. This tool uses pdfseparate and pdfunite to split and re-unit file into a PDF file that will open in viewer.

License

This software is licensed as CC-BA (Creative Commons By Attrbution)

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

Requirements

Ruby:

• rubygems
• getopt/long

Tools:

• poppler
• ghostscript

Usage

$ ./pfft.rb --help

Usage: ./pfft.rb

"--input",      "-i"  Input file
"--verbose",    "-v"  Verbose mode
"--version",    "-V"  Print version
"--help",       "-h"  Print usage
"--changelog",  "-c"  Output file
"--output",     "-o"  Output file

Example

Fix input.pdf

$ ./pfft.rb --input=input.pdf --output=output.pdf

Fix input.pdf

$ ./pfft.rb --input=input.pdf