A Python CLI tool to split multiple PDF files into individual pages in bulk. Perfect for processing large batches of multi-page PDFs quickly and efficiently.

• 📄 Split multiple PDFs at once from a directory
• 🔢 Zero-padded page numbers for proper sorting
• 📁 Custom output directory support
• 📊 Progress tracking with detailed summary
• ⚡ Fast batch processing
• 🛡️ Error handling for corrupted files

• Python 3.6+
• PyPDF2

1. Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/sumanth-0/100LinesOfPythonCode.git
cd 100LinesOfPythonCode/#1007_Bulk_PDF_Splitter

2. Install dependencies:

pip install PyPDF2

Basic usage (output goes to input_folder/split_pdfs):

python bulk_pdf_splitter.py <input_folder>

With custom output directory:

python bulk_pdf_splitter.py <input_folder> <output_folder>

Split all PDFs in the ./documents folder:

python bulk_pdf_splitter.py ./documents

Split PDFs and save to custom location:

python bulk_pdf_splitter.py ./documents ./output/split_pages

Pages are saved with the format: {original_filename}_page_{page_number}.pdf

Example:

• Input: report.pdf (5 pages)
• Output:
  • report_page_001.pdf
  • report_page_002.pdf
  • report_page_003.pdf
  • report_page_004.pdf
  • report_page_005.pdf

Output directory: ./documents/split_pdfs
Found 3 PDF file(s) to process

Processing: report.pdf (5 pages)
  Created: report_page_001.pdf
  Created: report_page_002.pdf
  Created: report_page_003.pdf
  Created: report_page_004.pdf
  Created: report_page_005.pdf

Processing: presentation.pdf (10 pages)
  Created: presentation_page_001.pdf
  Created: presentation_page_002.pdf
  ...

==================================================
Summary: Processed 3/3 files
Total pages extracted: 25
Output saved to: ./documents/split_pdfs

The tool includes error handling for:

• Invalid directory paths
• Corrupted PDF files
• Permission errors
• Missing dependencies

This project is part of the 100 Lines of Python Code repository.

Contributions are welcome! Please check the contributing guidelines.

This tool was created to address Issue #1007.