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https://github.com/tdegeus/pdfshrink

Wrapper around GhostScript to reduce the size of a PDF
https://github.com/tdegeus/pdfshrink

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Wrapper around GhostScript to reduce the size of a PDF

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/tdegeus/pdfshrink
Owner: tdegeus
License: mit
Created: 2020-01-14T11:49:32.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2020-01-14T15:10:10.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
Last Synced: 2024-09-18T03:27:08.313Z (about 2 months ago)
Language: Python
Size: 5.86 KB
Stars: 1
Watchers: 3
Forks: 0
Open Issues: 1
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE

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README

        # pdfshrink

[![Travis](https://travis-ci.org/tdegeus/pdfshrink.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/tdegeus/pdfshrink)

[![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/nrs0mxqn5bnsyi03?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/tdegeus/pdfshrink)

[![Conda Version](https://img.shields.io/conda/vn/conda-forge/pdfshrink.svg)](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/pdfshrink)

Simple command-line script that allows you to remove the size of PDF-files.

```none

pdfshrink ...

```

Note that the script is in fact a simple Python script that wraps GhostScript. 

# Contents

- [Disclaimer](#disclaimer)

- [Getting pdfshrink](#getting-pdfshrink)

  - [Using conda](#using-conda)

  - [Using PyPi](#using-pypi)

  - [From source](#from-source)

- [Usage](#usage)

# Disclaimer

This library is free to use under the [MIT license](https://github.com/tdegeus/pdfshrink/blob/master/LICENSE). Any additions are very much appreciated, in terms of suggested functionality, code, documentation, testimonials, word-of-mouth advertisement, etc. Bug reports or feature requests can be filed on [GitHub](https://github.com/tdegeus/pdfshrink). As always, the code comes with no guarantee. None of the developers can be held responsible for possible mistakes.

Download: [.zip file](https://github.com/tdegeus/pdfshrink/zipball/master) | [.tar.gz file](https://github.com/tdegeus/pdfshrink/tarball/master).

(c - [MIT](https://github.com/tdegeus/pdfshrink/blob/master/LICENSE)) T.W.J. de Geus (Tom) | [email protected] | www.geus.me | [github.com/tdegeus/pdfshrink](https://github.com/tdegeus/pdfshrink)

# Getting pdfshrink

## Using conda

```bash

conda install -c conda-forge pdfshrink

```

This will also install all necessary dependencies.

## Using PyPi

```bash

pip install pdfshrink

```

This will also install the necessary Python modules, **but not GhostScript**.

## From source

```bash

# Download pdfshrink

git checkout https://github.com/tdegeus/pdfshrink.git

cd pdfshrink

# Install

python -m pip install .

```

This will also install the necessary Python modules, **but not GhostScript**.

# Usage

The usage is as follows (see `pdfshrink --help`):

```bash

pdfshrink

  Shrink a PDFs file size using GhostScript.

Usage:

  pdfshrink [options] ...

Options:

  -o, --output=  Specify output file. (default: overwrite the input file(s))

  -s, --silent      Do not print any progress.

      --verbose     Verbose all commands.

  -h, --help        Show help.

      --version     Show version.

(c - MIT) T.W.J. de Geus | [email protected] | www.geus.me

```