Useful PDFtk Commands

All commands can be found by running man pdftk from the terminal, or visiting the PDFtk Server Manual web-page.

Rotation

Rotate all pages 90 degrees clockwise:

pdftk <in.pdf> cat 1-endeast output <out.pdf>

Rotate all pages 90 degrees counter-clockwise :

pdftk <in.pdf> cat 1-endwest output <out.pdf>

Rotate all pages 180 degrees:

pdftk <in.pdf> cat 1-endsouth output <out.pdf>

Rotate a specific page 90 degrees clockwise (e.g. page 7):

pdftk <in.pdf> cat 7east output <out.pdf>

Rotate a specific page 90 degrees while keeping other pages:

pdftk <in.pdf> cat 1-3 4east output <out.pdf>

Rotate a specific page (relative to final page) 90 degrees clockwise (e.g. the third to last page):

pdftk <in.pdf> cat r3east output <out.pdf>

Rotate a consecutive page range 90 degrees clockwise (e.g. pages 4 through 9):

pdftk <in.pdf> cat 4-9east output <out.pdf>

Rotate every odd page in a consecutive page range 90 degrees clockwise (e.g. page 5, 7 and 9):

pdftk <in.pdf> cat 4-9oddeast output <out.pdf>

Rotate every even page in a consecutive page range 90 degrees clockwise (e.g. page 4, 6 and 8):

pdftk <in.pdf> cat 4-9oddeast output <out.pdf>