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Input Ranges

An input range may be specified after each input file. This is treated differently by each operation. For instance
$\begin{framed} \small\verb!cpdf in.pdf 2-5 out.pdf! \end{framed}$
extracts pages two, three, four and five from in.pdf, writing the result to out.pdf, assuming that in.pdf contains at least five pages. Here are the rules for building input ranges:

A dash (-) defines ranges, e.g. 1-5 or 6-3.
A comma (,) allows one to specify several ranges, e.g. 1-2,4-5.
The word end represents the last page number.
The words odd and even represent the odd and even pages.
The word reverse is the same as end-1.
The word all is the same as 1-end.
A range must contain no spaces.

For example:
$\begin{framed} \small\verb!cpdf in.pdf 1,2,7-end -o out.pdf! \par \vspace{2.5mm... ...te the front page of a document, perhaps as a fax cover sheet. \par \end{framed}$

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