Splitting

The -split operation splits a PDF file into a number of parts which are written to file, their names being generated from a format. The optional -chunk option allows the number of pages written to each output file to be set. The range of pages taken can be selected in the usual fashion.

If the output format does not provide enough numbers for the files generated, the result is unspecified.

The following format operators may be used:

%, %%, %%% etc.	Sequence number padded to the number of percent signs
@F	Original filename without extension
@N	Sequence number without padding zeroes
@S	Start page of this chunk
@E	End page of this chunk