~~META:
date created = 2016-11-19 16:52
&date modified = 2016-11-19 18:06
~~
====== Common usecases for some tools ======

===== exiftool =====

==== rename files to creation date/copy number/lowecase extensions ====

<code>
exiftool '-filename<CreateDate' -d %Y%m%d_%H%M%S%%-c.%%le -ext jpg -r /mnt/Drive/Folder/
</code>

===== pdftk =====

==== Attach files to PDF file ====


<code>
pdftk in.pdf attach_files ^
      file1.txt ^
      file2.txt ^
      file3.txt ^
      output out.pdf
</code>

==== Extract pages from PDF file ====
<code>
pdftk A=source.pdf cat A1 A22-37 A82-93 A122-A129 output output.pdf 
</code>
==== Add blank page ====
Create file blank.pdf\\ Add B=blank.pdf to pdftk call \\ Use B1 everywhere a blank page is needed.

<code>
pdftk A=source.pdf B=blank.pdf cat A1 B1 A22-37 A82-93 A122-A129 output output.pdf 
</code>

=== Rotate Pages ===

Add the rotation information to the pages in question
FIXME
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