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Strip-PDF-Metadata

Finds all PDFs in a folder and removes their metadata. Also updates the PDF Title metadata to match the filename (without the .pdf extension).

Requirements

  • exiftool installed and accessible in your system PATH.

Install ExifTool

  • macOS (Homebrew):

    brew install exiftool

  • Ubuntu/Debian:

    sudo apt update
sudo apt install libimage-exiftool-perl

  • Windows: Download and install from exiftool.org, then add it to your system PATH.

Usage

  1. Clone or download this repo.
  2. Place your PDF files in the target folder.
  3. (Optional) Edit the folder variable in clean-pdfs.sh to point to your folder. Use . for the current directory.
  4. Make the script executable: 
    chmod +x clean-pdfs.sh
  5. Run the script: 
    ./clean-pdfs.sh

What it does

  • Recursively finds all .pdf files in the specified folder.
  • Removes all embedded metadata.
  • Sets the PDF Title metadata to match the filename (excluding .pdf).

License

MIT

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