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📄 Project_36: PDF Merger CLI

Author: Pinaka Type: CLI + Minimal GUI Tool Domain: Document Automation Level: Intermediate

🚀 Overview

PDF Merger CLI is a powerful command-line based PDF utility that allows users to:

  • Merge multiple PDF files
  • Slice (extract specific page ranges)
  • Save output using a file-save dialog

Although primarily a CLI application, it smartly uses GUI file dialogs for file selection to improve user experience.

This project reflects how real desktop utilities are designed — CLI logic with GUI assistance.

🛠️ Tech Stack

Python Rich PyPDF Tkinter CLI Tool

📂 Project Files

Project_36/
├── main.py
└── README.md

No database No config files Pure local execution

✨ Features

  • 📎 Merge multiple PDF files
  • ✂ Slice (extract) specific page ranges
  • 📂 GUI-based file picker (no typing paths)
  • 💾 GUI save dialog for output file
  • 📊 Shows total page count
  • 🧠 Memory-efficient processing
  • 🖥️ Clean terminal UI with Rich

📦 Requirements

Create requirements.txt

rich
pypdf

tkinter comes pre-installed with Python (Windows/macOS/Linux)

Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

▶️ How to Run

python main.py

🎮 Menu Options

Option Action
1 Merge PDFs
2 Slice (Cut Pages)
h Help
Q Exit

🔀 Merge PDFs (Option 1)

Workflow:

  1. Select a PDF file
  2. Choose whether to slice pages or keep full document
  3. Repeat for multiple PDFs
  4. Save merged output

✔ Pages are appended in selected order

✂ Slice PDF (Option 2)

Workflow:

  1. Select a PDF file
  2. View total page count
  3. Enter start & end page
  4. Save sliced PDF

📌 Useful for extracting chapters, assignments, notes, etc.

🧠 Internal Logic (Simplified)

Select PDF
   ↓
Read page count
   ↓
Slice or full copy
   ↓
Append to writer
   ↓
Save output

⚠️ Notes & Limitations

  • Works only with PDF files
  • No password-protected PDF support
  • No preview (CLI-focused)
  • GUI dialogs may not work on headless servers

🧠 Learning Outcomes

  • PDF file manipulation
  • Mixing CLI + GUI design
  • Memory-efficient document processing
  • Page-level data handling
  • Real-world automation mindset