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# Inserting pages into a PDF from command-line

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Pages from multiple input documents can be sequentially inserted (or appended) into a new output document. Users can optionally specify a range of pages to use from each input document.

**Syntax:**

`pagemaster (-i or \--insert) \<file to insert\> \<input files\>`

By default, the inserted file is appended to the input files, but otherwise the following options can be used:

\--before \<page number>

causes the inserted file to be inserted before page \<page number>

\--after \<page number>

causes the inserted file to be inserted after page \<page number>

## **Examples**

Insert toinsert.pdf before page 4 in inserted.pdf:

`pagemaster -i toinsert.pdf --before 4 inserted.pdf`

Append toinsert.pdf to append.pdf:

`pagemaster -i toinsert.pdf append.pdf`

Prepend toinsert.pdf to prepend.pdf:

`pagemaster -i toinsert.pdf --before 1 prepend.pdf`


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