# pdfunite(1) - man - phpman > **TLDR:** PDF merging utility. > - Merge 2 PDFs into a single PDF: `pdfunite {{path/to/fileA.pdf}} {{path/to/fileB.pdf}} {{path/to/merged_output.pdf}}` - Merge a directory of PDFs into a single PDF: `pdfunite {{path/to/directory/*.pdf}} {{path/to/merged_output.pdf}}` *Source: tldr-pages* --- [pdfunite(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdfunite/1/markdown) General Commands Manual [pdfunite(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdfunite/1/markdown) ## NAME pdfunite - Portable Document Format (PDF) page merger ## SYNOPSIS **pdfunite** [options] _PDF-sourcefile1..PDF-sourcefilen_ _PDF-destfile_ ## DESCRIPTION **pdfunite** merges several PDF (Portable Document Format) files in order of their occurrence on command line to one PDF result file. Neither of the PDF-sourcefile1 to PDF-sourcefilen should be encrypted. ## OPTIONS ### -v ### -h -help --help ## EXAMPLE pdfunite sample1.pdf sample2.pdf sample.pdf merges all pages from sample1.pdf and sample2.pdf (in that order) and creates sample.pdf ## AUTHOR The pdfunite software and documentation are copyright 1996-2004 Glyph & Cog, LLC and copy‐ right 2005-2011 The Poppler Developers - ## SEE ALSO [**pdfdetach**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdfdetach/1/markdown), [**pdffonts**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdffonts/1/markdown), [**pdfimages**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdfimages/1/markdown), [**pdfinfo**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdfinfo/1/markdown), [**pdftocairo**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdftocairo/1/markdown), [**pdftohtml**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdftohtml/1/markdown), [**pdftoppm**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdftoppm/1/markdown), [**pdftops**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdftops/1/markdown), [**pdftotext**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdftotext/1/markdown) [**pdfseparate**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdfseparate/1/markdown), [**pdfsig**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdfsig/1/markdown) 15 September 2011 [pdfunite(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdfunite/1/markdown)