NAME¶
pdfshow - show objects and streams that make up a PDF document
SYNOPSIS¶
pdfshow [
options] file.pdf [
xref] [
trailer]
[
pages] [
grep] [
object-number...]
DESCRIPTION¶
pdfshow pretty prints the objects and streams specified on the command
line. Streams are decoded and non-printable characters are represented with a
period. Specify objects with their number. The special names xref, trailer and
pages will respectively print the cross reference, trailer, and the object
numbers for all pages. The special name grep will print all objects in the
file in a compact one-line format suitable for piping to grep.
OPTIONS¶
- -b
- Print streams as binary data and omit the object
header.
- -e
- Print streams in their original encoded form.
- -p password
- Use the specified password if the file is encrypted.
SEE ALSO¶
mupdf(1),
pdfclean(1).
pdfdraw(1).
AUTHOR¶
MuPDF was written by Tor Andersson <tor@ghostscript.com>. MuPDF is
copyright 2006-2010 Artifex Software, Inc.