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pdftk - preserve XMP data while merging


I split & merge some pdf files like this

pdftk A=content.pdf  B=frontside.pdf cat B1 A5-2 output output.pdf 2>&1

The result is fine but has no XMP data anymore. Is there a way to tell pdftk from which file it shall take the XMP dataset when merging?


Solution

  • Since this seems to be impossible, I ended up with adding Metadata with exiftool like this

    exiftool -b -TagsFromFile frontside.pdf -all:all output.pdf
    

    for those who came here searching. But beware, the Details of the XMP-Structure will be changed, custom (non-dc) fields get lost.