$pdf = PDF::API2->new(-file => 'our/new.pdf');
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Hi, I did create a new blank pdf from scratch using the PDF::Create module as a test and it worked.

Should my code look like this? (Notice change made to line 5)

#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict; use warnings;
use PDF::API2;
 
my $filename = shift || 'test.pdf';
my $oldpdf = PDF::API2->open(/downloads/YuruguOCR.pdf);
my $newpdf = PDF::API2->new;
 
for my $page_nb (1..$oldpdf->pages) {
  my ($page, @cropdata);
 
  $page = $newpdf->importpage($oldpdf, $page_nb);
  @cropdata = $page->get_mediabox;
  $cropdata[2] /= 2;
  $page->cropbox(@cropdata);
  $page->trimbox(@cropdata);
  $page->mediabox(@cropdata);
 
  $page = $newpdf->importpage($oldpdf, $page_nb);
  @cropdata = $page->get_mediabox;
  $cropdata[0] = $cropdata[2] / 2;
  $page->cropbox(@cropdata);
  $page->trimbox(@cropdata);
  $page->mediabox(@cropdata);
}
 
(my $newfilename = $filename) =~ s/(.*)\.(\w+)$/$1.clean.$2/;
$newpdf->saveas('$newfilename');
 
__END__
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Or should I have edited more lines?

about line 5 So the open statement opens an existing PDF file.

# Open an existing PDF file
$pdf = PDF::API2->open('some.pdf');
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and to create a new pdf in the directory of your choice..


$pdf = PDF::API2->new(-file => 'our/new.pdf');
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Please note PDF::API2 and PDF::Create are two different modules on CPAN. more info on the metacpan site

The temporal difficulty with perl is u need to know C well to know its awesome.else u just keep *using* it and writing inefficient code