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VeryPDF PDFToolbox Command Line v2.1
Copyright (C) 2005-2013 VeryPDF.com, Inc.
Web: http://www.verypdf.com/app/pdftoolbox/
Email: support@verypdf.com
Usage: pdftoolbox [options] <-outfile output >
: a list of input PDF file names.
Each input file name can occur with a handle which is useful
when specify page ranges or encrypt PDF. Handles are capital
letters, e.g., A=in1.pdf, B=in2.pdf.
-outfile : specify an output file name.
==============PDF Operation Options=======================
-merge : merge multiple PDF files into one PDF file. You can use
handles and handle arguments to specify page ranges,
rotate pages, change order when merge PDF.
odd : the odd-numbered PDF pages, e.g., Aodd is to take odd
pages in file A.
even: the even-numbered PDF pages.
end : the last page of a file, e.g., A1-end is the same as A.
E : rotate 90 degrees, e.g., A4-9E is to rotate the pages 4-9
of file A by 90 degrees.
S : rotate 180 degrees.
W : rotate 270 degrees.
N : rotate 0 degree.
L : rotate counterclockwise.
R : rotate clockwise.
-crossmerge : the same as -merge except that -crossmerge takes one page
at a time from each input PDF file.
-split : split a multi-page PDF file into single-page PDF files.
When split PDF, you can add suffix like _%04d to the end
of the specified output file name so that numbers like
0001 can be added to the result file names.
-createfdf : input a single PDF and generate a FDF file suitable for
-fillform.
-fillform : fill form fields of a single input PDF file with the data
from an FDF/XFDF file. The form fields remain interactive
in the result PDF.
-flattenform : convert fillable PDF forms to static PDF file.
-underlay : apply the first page of the background PDF to the
background of the single input PDF.
-mulunderlay : apply each page of the background PDF to the background of
the corresponding page of the single input PDF.
-overlay : use the first page of the background PDF as a watermark
and put it over the input PDF.
-muloverlay : put each page of the background PDF over the corresponding
page of the input PDF.
-getinfo : extract statistics, metadata, bookmarks and page labels
from input PDF file to the given output file.
-getinfoutf8 : same as -getinfo except that the output is encoded as
UTF-8.
-outformdata : extract field statistics from the input PDF to the given
output file.
-outformdatautf8 : same as -outformdata except that the output is encoded as
UTF-8.
-setinfo : set metadata to PDF's Info dictionary.
-setinfoutf8 : set UTF-8 metadata to PDF's Info dictionary.
-attachfile : pack arbitrary files into a PDF using PDF's file
attachment features.
-detachfile : copy all the attachments from the input PDF into the
current folder or to an output directory given after
output.
-pack : compress stream objects in a PDF file.
-unpack : uncompress stream objects in a PDF file.
-removexfa : remove /XFA tag from PDF file.
-showinfo : show information after processing.
-silent : do NOT show any information during processing.
-prompt : prompt information during processing.
-inputpassword : remove owner password when merge or decrypt PDF.
============= PDF Encryption Options==========================
-key40bit : set output PDF encryption strength as 40 bits.
-key128bit : set output PDF encryption strength as 128 bits.
-permit : permissions are applied to the output PDF only if
encryption strength is specified or an owner or
user password is given.
printing : allow top quality printing.
lowprinting : allow lower quality printing.
modifycontents : allow modifying contents.
assembly : allow document assembly.
copying : allow copying.
screenreader : allow screenreader.
modifyannot : allow adding annotation.
filling : allow filling interactive PDF form.
allowall : allow all the above permissions and top quality
printing.
-ownerpassword : set owner password to output PDF file.
-userpassword : set user password to output PDF file.
-$ : register with a registration code.
Examples:
Collate scanned pages:
pdftoolbox A=even.pdf B=odd.pdf -crossmerge A B -outfile collated.pdf
or if odd.pdf is in reverse order:
pdftoolbox A=even.pdf B=odd.pdf -crossmerge A Bend-1 -outfile collated.pdf
Decrypt a PDF:
pdftoolbox secured.pdf -inputpassword foopass -outfile unsecured.pdf
Encrypt a PDF using 128-bit strength:
pdftoolbox 1.pdf -outfile 1.128.pdf -ownerpassword foopass
Set an owner password and an user password to a PDF file:
pdftoolbox 1.pdf -outfile out.pdf -ownerpassword opwd -userpassword upwd
Enable High Quality Printing when encrypt a PDF file:
pdftoolbox 1.pdf -outfile out.pdf -ownerpassword opwd -userpassword upwd
-permit printing
Merge PDF files into a new PDF:
pdftoolbox in1.pdf in2.pdf -merge -outfile out1.pdf
or (using handles):
pdftoolbox A=in1.pdf B=in2.pdf -merge A B -outfile out1.pdf
or (using wildcards):
pdftoolbox *.pdf -merge -outfile combined.pdf
Remove some page from an input PDF file. The example shows how to remove P13
from the input file:
pdftoolbox in.pdf -merge 1-12 14-end -outfile out1.pdf
or
pdftoolbox A=in1.pdf -merge A1-12 A14-end -outfile out1.pdf
Merge PDF files and add a password for the output file:
pdftoolbox 1.pdf 2.pdf -merge -outfile 3.pdf -key40bit -ownerpassword foopass
Merge PDF files. When one of them requires password, input it:
pdftoolbox A=secured.pdf 2.pdf -inputpassword A=foopass -merge -outfile 3.pdf
Unpack PDF page streams for editing PDF in a text editor:
pdftoolbox doc.pdf -outfile doc.unc.pdf -unpack
Repair PDF's corrupted XREF table and stream lengths:
pdftoolbox broken.pdf -outfile fixed.pdf
Split a multip-page PDF file into single-page PDF files:
pdftoolbox in.pdf -split
pdftoolbox in.pdf -split -outfile pg_4202794.pdf
pdftoolbox in.pdf -split -outfile out_%02d.pdf
pdftoolbox in.pdf -split -outfile out_%04d.pdf
Blast a multip-page PDF file into several encrypted single-page PDF files,
denying low-quality printing:
pdftoolbox in.pdf -split -ownerpassword foopass -permit lowprinting
Extract meta info from input PDF file to the given output file:
pdftoolbox in.pdf -getinfo -outfile report.txt
Rotate the first PDF page clockwise:
pdftoolbox in.pdf -merge 1R 2-end -outfile out.pdf
or
pdftoolbox in.pdf -merge 1E 2-end -outfile out.pdf
Rotate an entire PDF document to 180 degrees:
pdftoolbox in.pdf -merge 1-endS -outfile out.pdf
Add information from text file to output PDF file:
pdftoolbox in.pdf -setinfo in.txt -outfile out.pdf
Add background(s):
pdftoolbox in1.pdf -underlay in2.pdf -outfile out.pdf
pdftoolbox in1.pdf -mulunderlay in2.pdf -outfile out.pdf
Add watermark(s):
pdftoolbox in1.pdf -overlay in2.pdf -outfile out.pdf
pdftoolbox in1.pdf -muloverlay in2.pdf -outfile out.pdf