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# pdf-unlock #
__pdf_unlock.py__ removes security features from pdfs, to allow unrestricted printing and copying of context.
## Installation ##
[Ghostscript](https://ghostscript.com) and [Poppler](https://poppler.freedesktop.org/) must be in your `PATH` environment variable.
**Windows**:
https://www.ghostscript.com/download
http://blog.alivate.com.au/poppler-windows
**Linux**:
`sudo apt install ghostscript`
`sudo apt install poppler-utils`
**Mac**:
`brew install ghostscript`
`brew install poppler`
Then
```
pip install tqdm
```
## Usage ##
Search for pdfs inside 'pdf_folder', then create new unlocked versions
of the pdfs with the the suffix '-unlocked.pdf':
`> python pdf_unlock.py pdf_folder`
Search for pdfs inside 'pdf_folder', then unlock the pdfs and overwrite
the original versions.
`> python pdf_unlock.py pdf_folder -o`
Search recursively for pdfs inside 'pdf_folder' and all subfolders,
then unlock the pdfs and overwrite the original versions.
`> python pdf_unlock.py pdf_folder -o -r`