Requirement is to combine many small pdf files into one big pdf file. 
use PDF::API2;
my $big_pdf = 'big.pdf';
foreach my $souce_pdf (@pdf_files){
        my $pds;
        eval { $pds = PDF::API2->open( $source_pdf ) };
        if ($@) {      next;    }
        my $pn = $pds->pages;
        $big_pdf->importpage($pds,$_) for 1..$pn;
    }
$big_pdf->saveas;
$big_pdf->end;

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It works, but not fast enough. It imports one page at a time. It takes lots of memory and processing time to combine, 1000 pdf files. Looking for something faster.

I don't have to modify the pages. May be I am missing something in PDF::API2 to import files instead of pages.

Thanks..

--Artist

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