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Common usecases for some tools

exiftool

rename files to creation date/copy number/lowecase extensions

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

pdftk

Attach files to PDF file

pdftk in.pdf attach_files ^
      file1.txt ^
      file2.txt ^
      file3.txt ^
      output out.pdf

Extract pages from PDF file

pdftk A=source.pdf cat A1 A22-37 A82-93 A122-A129 output output.pdf

Add blank page

Create file blank.pdf
Add B=blank.pdf to pdftk call
Use B1 everywhere a blank page is needed. 

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

Rotate Pages

Add the rotation information to the pages in question FIXME