`deft pdf merge`

Join PDFs in the given order

4 runs on real files, 6 tests on generated files, not shown. 0 failed.

Fixed cases

Generated files, compared with ground truth by tools other than deft.

real paper survives mergingPassed

deft pdf merge report.pdf paper.pdf -o out.pdf

Input

paper.pdf 992.5 KB · 14 pages

report.pdf 652 B · 2 pages

Output

out.pdf 931.5 KB · 16 pages

What it printed

ok pdf.merge report.pdf paper.pdf -> out.pdf  16 pages  0.01s

Automatic checks (1)

pdf_text: contains = ["report page 1"], file = "out.pdf", page = 1

Real-file tasks

Real files and a plain-language job, from the agent benchmark. These are the reference answers, not an agent run.

Assemble an application from mixed filesPassed

Put together one application.pdf for a portal: letter.docx first, then the photo DSCN0010.jpg, then fw9.pdf. Number the pages at the bottom. The portal rejects anything over 1MB.

deft doc to-pdf letter.docx -o letter.pdf
deft image to-pdf DSCN0010.jpg -o photo.pdf
deft pdf merge letter.pdf photo.pdf fw9.pdf -o joined.pdf
deft pdf number joined.pdf -o numbered.pdf
deft pdf compress numbered.pdf --target-size 1MB -o application.pdf

Input

DSCN0010.jpg 157.9 KB · 640x480

fw9.pdf 137.5 KB · 6 pages

letter.docx 11.3 KB

Rendered by macOS Quick Look, first page

Text inside

I am a test document
This is page 1
I am Calibri (Body) in font size 11

This is page two
It’s Arial Black in 16 point
It’s also in blue

Output

application.pdf 222.6 KB · 9 pages

joined.pdf 220.9 KB · 9 pages

letter.pdf 9.6 KB · 2 pages

numbered.pdf 224.1 KB · 9 pages

photo.pdf 158.6 KB · 1 page

Automatic checks (2)

max_bytes: file = "application.pdf", bytes = 1048576
python: code = "import subprocess\ndef text(first, last):\n return subprocess.run(['gs', '-q', '-dNOPAUSE', '-dBATCH', '-sDEVICE=txtwrite', f'-dFirstPage={first}', f'-dLastPage={last}', '-sOutputFile=-', 'application.pdf'], capture_output=True, text=True, errors='replace').stdout\nn = int(subprocess.check_output(['gs', '-q', '-dNODISPLAY', '--permit-file-read=application.pdf', '-c', '(application.pdf) (r) file runpdfbegin pdfpagecount = quit'], text=True).split()[-1])\nw9 = subprocess.check_output(['gs', '-q', '-dNODISPLAY', '--permit-file-read=fw9.pdf', '-c', '(fw9.pdf) (r) file runpdfbegin pdfpagecount = quit'], text=True).split()[-1]\nassert n >= int(w9) + 2, n\nassert 'W-9' in text(n - int(w9) + 1, n - int(w9) + 1), 'the form is not last'\nassert 'W-9' not in text(1, 1), 'the letter is not first'\nassert str(n) in text(n, n).split(), 'last page has no number'\n"

Merge two real formsPassed

Combine fw9.pdf and f1040.pdf, in that order, into tax-forms.pdf.

deft pdf merge fw9.pdf f1040.pdf -o tax-forms.pdf

Input

f1040.pdf 215.1 KB · 2 pages

fw9.pdf 137.5 KB · 6 pages

Output

tax-forms.pdf 191.3 KB · 8 pages

Automatic checks (2)

pdf_pages: file = "tax-forms.pdf", pages = 8
pdf_text: file = "tax-forms.pdf", contains = ["W-9", "1040"]

Merge, number and stamp in one goPassed

Combine fw9.pdf and f1040.pdf, number the pages like 1/8, stamp every page with the word DRAFT, and save the result as packet.pdf.

deft pdf merge fw9.pdf f1040.pdf -o a.pdf
deft pdf number a.pdf --format {n}/{total} -o b.pdf
deft pdf watermark b.pdf --text DRAFT -o packet.pdf

Input

f1040.pdf 215.1 KB · 2 pages

fw9.pdf 137.5 KB · 6 pages

Output

a.pdf 191.3 KB · 8 pages

b.pdf 204.3 KB · 8 pages

packet.pdf 217.4 KB · 8 pages

Automatic checks (3)

pdf_pages: file = "packet.pdf", pages = 8
pdf_text: file = "packet.pdf", contains = ["1/8", "8/8"], visible = true
pdf_changed: file = "packet.pdf", from = "fw9.pdf", page = 2, min_difference = 0.3