karthikraman · August 29, 2015 14:22
diff --git a/pdfpextr.sh b/pdfpextr.sh
 #Courtesy: http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/tech-tip-extract-pages-pdf
 #Add this to your .bashrc

 function pdfpextr()
 {
    # this function uses 3 arguments:
    #     $1 is the first page of the range to extract
    #     $2 is the last page of the range to extract
    #     $3 is the input file
    #     output file will be named "inputfile_pXX-pYY.pdf"
    gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dSAFER \
       -dFirstPage=${2} \
       -dLastPage=${3} \
       -sOutputFile=${1%.pdf}_p${2}-p${3}.pdf \
       ${1}
 }
	#Courtesy: http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/tech-tip-extract-pages-pdf
	#Add this to your .bashrc

	function pdfpextr()
	{
	# this function uses 3 arguments:
	# $1 is the first page of the range to extract
	# $2 is the last page of the range to extract
	# $3 is the input file
	# output file will be named "inputfile_pXX-pYY.pdf"
	gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dSAFER \
	-dFirstPage=${2} \
	-dLastPage=${3} \
	-sOutputFile=${1%.pdf}_p${2}-p${3}.pdf \
	${1}
	}