removing bulk pdf password

Question

I have a bunch of pdf files and its password in another file, I need to find a way to remove password protection and create a unencrypted pdf file, with the same file name. What would be a best possible way to do it.

Something like, read each pdf file, apply the list of the password to it, on successful removal of the password, rewrite the file into a unencrypted pdf with the same name.

pdfcrack can read the list of passwords, but I don't have the info how to rewrite into a unencrypted pdf file

thanks

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 01 '17 at 06:16

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#!/bin/bash

filename="password.txt"

#While loop to read line by line

while read -r line
do
    readLine=$line
    for file in *.pdf
    do 
        pan="${line:0:10}"
        /usr/bin/qpdf --password=$line --decrypt $file ack/2017-$pan.pdf

    done
done < "$filename"

edited Jul 01 '17 at 06:16

nobody

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answered Jul 01 '17 at 06:08

Arvind GK

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removing bulk pdf password

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