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pdflat-auto

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pdflat-auto flattens every PDF in the current directory with no prompts.

What It Does

  • flattens every *.pdf in the current working directory via Ghostscript (-dPreserveAnnots=false)
  • always moves the pre-flatten originals into orig/, with no confirmation step

See also pdflat (same flattening, but interactive and takes explicit filenames) and pdflat-single (flattens exactly one file).

Supported Platforms

  • macOS
  • Linux

Dependencies

  • Ghostscript (gs)

Install / First Run Summary

Install Ghostscript, then run it from the directory containing the PDFs you want flattened:

cd ~/Documents/forms
pdflat-auto

Common Usage Examples

Flatten everything in the current directory:

pdflat-auto

Important Behavior / Defaults

  • Takes no arguments and no confirmation prompt — running it processes every *.pdf in the current directory immediately.
  • Originals always end up in ./orig/ (created if it doesn't exist).

Notes / Caveats

  • Because there's no confirmation step, only run this from a directory where "flatten everything here" is actually what you want — use pdflat if you want to review the file list first.

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