To remove pages from a PDF in command line on Linux, we'll use PDFtk.
- Install pdftk with your favorite packet manager (ex:
sudo zypper install pdftk) - And run one of those commands:
- To extract only one page:
pdftk original.pdf cat 12 output edited.pdf. - To keep only a range of pages:
pdftk original.pdf cat 3-26 output edited.pdf. - To keep several range and some range without knowing page number (ex: end):
pdftk original.pdf cat 1-7 9-end output edited.pdf. - More examples here.
- To extract only one page: