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 +nightly install --features build-binary pdfshrink

Help message

$ pdfshrink --help
pdfshrink 0.1.7
Federico Stra <stra.federico@gmail.com>
Shrink PDF files using Ghostscript

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

OPTIONS:
    -n, --dry-run            Do not actually run the commands, just show them
    -h, --help               Print help information
    -i, --inplace            Replace the original file
    -r, --rename             Save the output to a renamed file: *.pdf -> *.shrunk.pdf (defaut)
    -d, --subdir <SUBDIR>    Save the output in a subdirectory
    -V, --version            Print version information
    -v, --verbose            Increase the level of verbosity

ARGS:
    <INPUT>...    Input PDF files to shrink

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