pdfshrink

Shrink PDF files using Ghostscript.

This is a (WIP) reimplementation of PDF-Slim in Rust.

pdfshrink takes a number of PDF files and tries to optimize them through a suitable call to ghostscript. It is specifically fitted to reduce the size of scanned papers, containing images with humongous resolution.

Installation

To install pdfshrink for the first time or upgrade it to the latest version, run the following command at your shell:

cargo install pdfshrink

Help message

$ pdfshrink --help
pdfshrink 0.1.0
Federico Stra <stra.federico@gmail.com>
Shrink PDF files using Ghostscript

USAGE:
    pdfshrink [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] <INPUT>...

FLAGS:
        --debug      debug the command line
    -n, --dry-run    dry run
    -h, --help       print help information
    -i, --inplace    replace the original file
    -r, --rename     save the output in a renamed file: .pdf -> .slim.pdf
    -V, --version    Prints version information
    -v, --verbose    set the level of verbosity

OPTIONS:
    -d, --subdir <SUBDIR>    save the output in a subdirectory

ARGS:
    <INPUT>...    input PDF to shrink

The options --inplace, --rename and --subdir are mutually exclusive.