{ "content": [ { "type": "text", "text": "# pdfinfo (man)\n\n## NAME\n\npdfinfo - Portable Document Format (PDF) document information extractor (version 3.03)\n\n## SYNOPSIS\n\npdfinfo [options] [PDF-file]\n\n## DESCRIPTION\n\nPdfinfo prints the contents of the ´Info' dictionary (plus some other useful information)\nfrom a Portable Document Format (PDF) file.\n\n## TLDR\n\n> Portable Document Format (PDF) file information viewer.\n\n- Print PDF file information:\n `pdfinfo {{path/to/file.pdf}}`\n- Specify user password for PDF file to bypass security restrictions:\n `pdfinfo -upw {{password}} {{path/to/file.pdf}}`\n- Specify owner password for PDF file to bypass security restrictions:\n `pdfinfo -opw {{password}} {{path/to/file.pdf}}`\n\n*Source: tldr-pages*\n\n## Sections\n\n- **NAME**\n- **SYNOPSIS**\n- **DESCRIPTION**\n- **OPTIONS** (18 subsections)\n- **EXIT CODES**\n- **AUTHOR**\n- **SEE ALSO**\n\nUse structuredContent.sections for detailed options, examples, and full documentation.\n" } ], "structuredContent": { "command": "pdfinfo", "section": "", "mode": "man", "summary": "pdfinfo - Portable Document Format (PDF) document information extractor (version 3.03)", "synopsis": "pdfinfo [options] [PDF-file]", "tldr_summary": "Portable Document Format (PDF) file information viewer.", "tldr_examples": [ { "description": "Print PDF file information", "command": "pdfinfo {{path/to/file.pdf}}" }, { "description": "Specify user password for PDF file to bypass security restrictions", "command": "pdfinfo -upw {{password}} {{path/to/file.pdf}}" }, { "description": "Specify owner password for PDF file to bypass security restrictions", "command": "pdfinfo -opw {{password}} {{path/to/file.pdf}}" } ], "tldr_source": "official", "flags": [ { "flag": "-f", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Specifies the first page to examine. If multiple pages are requested using the \"-f\" and \"-l\" options, the size of each requested page (and, optionally, the bounding boxes for each requested page) are printed. Otherwise, only page one is examined." }, { "flag": "-l", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Specifies the last page to examine." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "" }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Catalog object.)" }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Prints custom and standard metadata." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "" }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Prints the logical document structure of a Tagged-PDF file." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Print the textual content along with the document structure of a Tagged-PDF file. Note that extracting text this way might be slow for big PDF files. (Implies -struct.)" }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "rently, this is limited to Annotations. Note: only URLs referenced by the PDF objects such as Link Annotations are listed. pdfinfo does not attempt to extract strings matching http://... from the text content." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Prints dates in ISO-8601 format (including the time zone)." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Prints the raw (undecoded) date strings, directly from the PDF file." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "\"-l\", only destinations in the page range are listed." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Sets the encoding to use for text output. This defaults to \"UTF-8\"." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Lits the available encodings" }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Specify the owner password for the PDF file. Providing this will bypass all security restrictions." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Specify the user password for the PDF file." }, { "flag": "-v", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "" }, { "flag": "-h", "long": "--help", "arg": null, "description": "" } ], "examples": [], "see_also": [ { "name": "pdfdetach", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdfdetach/1/json" }, { "name": "pdffonts", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdffonts/1/json" }, { "name": "pdfimages", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdfimages/1/json" }, { "name": "pdftocairo", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdftocairo/1/json" }, { "name": "pdftohtml", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdftohtml/1/json" }, { "name": "pdftoppm", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdftoppm/1/json" }, { "name": "pdftops", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdftops/1/json" }, { "name": "pdftotext", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdftotext/1/json" }, { "name": "pdfseparate", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdfseparate/1/json" }, { "name": "pdfsig", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdfsig/1/json" }, { "name": "pdfunite", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdfunite/1/json" } ], "section_outline": [ { "name": "NAME", "lines": 2, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "SYNOPSIS", "lines": 2, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "DESCRIPTION", "lines": 38, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "OPTIONS", "lines": 1, "subsections": [ { "name": "-f", "lines": 4, "flag": "-f" }, { "name": "-l", "lines": 2, "flag": "-l" }, { "name": "-box", "lines": 1 }, { "name": "-meta", "lines": 2 }, { "name": "-custom", "lines": 2 }, { "name": "-js", "lines": 1 }, { "name": "-struct", "lines": 2 }, { "name": "-struct-text", "lines": 4 }, { "name": "-url", "lines": 4 }, { "name": "-isodates", "lines": 2 }, { "name": "-rawdates", "lines": 2 }, { "name": "-dests", "lines": 2 }, { "name": "-enc", "lines": 2 }, { "name": "-listenc", "lines": 2 }, { "name": "-opw", "lines": 3 }, { "name": "-upw", "lines": 2 }, { "name": "-v", "lines": 1, "flag": "-v" }, { "name": "-h -help --help", "lines": 1, "flag": "-h", "long": "--help" } ] }, { "name": "EXIT CODES", "lines": 12, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "AUTHOR", "lines": 2, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "SEE ALSO", "lines": 6, "subsections": [] } ], "sections": { "NAME": { "content": "pdfinfo - Portable Document Format (PDF) document information extractor (version 3.03)\n", "subsections": [] }, "SYNOPSIS": { "content": "pdfinfo [options] [PDF-file]\n", "subsections": [] }, "DESCRIPTION": { "content": "Pdfinfo prints the contents of the ´Info' dictionary (plus some other useful information)\nfrom a Portable Document Format (PDF) file.\n\nIf PDF-file is ´-', it reads the PDF file from stdin.\n\nThe ´Info' dictionary contains the following values:\n\ntitle\nsubject\nkeywords\nauthor\ncreator\nproducer\ncreation date\nmodification date\n\nIn addition, the following information is printed:\n\ncustom metadata (yes/no)\nmetadata stream (yes/no)\ntagged (yes/no)\nuserproperties (yes/no)\nsuspects (yes/no)\nform (AcroForm / XFA / none)\njavascript (yes/no)\npage count\nencrypted flag (yes/no)\nprint and copy permissions (if encrypted)\npage size\nfile size\nlinearized (yes/no)\nPDF version\nmetadata (only if requested)\n\nThe options -listenc, -meta, -js, -struct, and -struct-text only print the requested informa‐\ntion. The 'Info' dictionary and related data listed above is not printed. At most one of\nthese five options may be used.\n", "subsections": [] }, "OPTIONS": { "content": "", "subsections": [ { "name": "-f", "content": "Specifies the first page to examine. If multiple pages are requested using the \"-f\"\nand \"-l\" options, the size of each requested page (and, optionally, the bounding boxes\nfor each requested page) are printed. Otherwise, only page one is examined.\n", "flag": "-f" }, { "name": "-l", "content": "Specifies the last page to examine.\n", "flag": "-l" }, { "name": "-box", "content": "" }, { "name": "-meta", "content": "Catalog object.)\n" }, { "name": "-custom", "content": "Prints custom and standard metadata.\n" }, { "name": "-js", "content": "" }, { "name": "-struct", "content": "Prints the logical document structure of a Tagged-PDF file.\n" }, { "name": "-struct-text", "content": "Print the textual content along with the document structure of a Tagged-PDF file.\nNote that extracting text this way might be slow for big PDF files. (Implies\n-struct.)\n" }, { "name": "-url", "content": "rently, this is limited to Annotations. Note: only URLs referenced by the PDF objects\nsuch as Link Annotations are listed. pdfinfo does not attempt to extract strings\nmatching http://... from the text content.\n" }, { "name": "-isodates", "content": "Prints dates in ISO-8601 format (including the time zone).\n" }, { "name": "-rawdates", "content": "Prints the raw (undecoded) date strings, directly from the PDF file.\n" }, { "name": "-dests", "content": "\"-l\", only destinations in the page range are listed.\n" }, { "name": "-enc", "content": "Sets the encoding to use for text output. This defaults to \"UTF-8\".\n" }, { "name": "-listenc", "content": "Lits the available encodings\n" }, { "name": "-opw", "content": "Specify the owner password for the PDF file. Providing this will bypass all security\nrestrictions.\n" }, { "name": "-upw", "content": "Specify the user password for the PDF file.\n" }, { "name": "-v", "content": "", "flag": "-v" }, { "name": "-h -help --help", "content": "", "flag": "-h", "long": "--help" } ] }, "EXIT CODES": { "content": "The Xpdf tools use the following exit codes:\n\n0 No error.\n\n1 Error opening a PDF file.\n\n2 Error opening an output file.\n\n3 Error related to PDF permissions.\n\n99 Other error.\n", "subsections": [] }, "AUTHOR": { "content": "The pdfinfo software and documentation are copyright 1996-2011 Glyph & Cog, LLC.\n", "subsections": [] }, "SEE ALSO": { "content": "pdfdetach(1), pdffonts(1), pdfimages(1), pdftocairo(1), pdftohtml(1), pdftoppm(1),\npdftops(1), pdftotext(1) pdfseparate(1), pdfsig(1), pdfunite(1)\n\n\n\n15 August 2011 pdfinfo(1)", "subsections": [] } } } }