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Here are some examples of the PDF command line tools in action. This is just a small selection—for more examples, see the Full PDF Manual.
To see the same examples using the .NET SDK Toolkit, click here.
When using Microsoft Windows, replace cpdf with cpdf.exe.
Index
1. Basic Usage
2. Merging and Splitting
3. Pages
4. Encryption and Decryption
5. Compression
6. Bookmarks
7. Presentations
8. Logos, Watermarks and Stamps
9. Multipage Facilities
10. Annotations
11. Document Information and Metadata
12. File Attachments
13. Miscellaneous
1. Basic Usage
cpdf in.pdf 1-3,6 -o out.pdf
Read in.pdf, select pages 1, 2, 3 and 6, and write those pages to out.pdf.
cpdf in.pdf even -o out.pdf
Select the even pages (2, 4, 6...) from in.pdf and write those pages to out.pdf.
cpdf -merge in.pdf in2.pdf AND -add-text "Copyright 2010" o out.pdf
Using AND to perform several operations in order, here merging two files together and adding a copyright stamp to every page.
cpdf -control control.txt
Read control.txt and use its contents as the command line arguments for cpdf.
2. Merging and Splitting
cpdf -merge in.pdf in2.pdf -o out.pdf
Merge in.pdf and in2.pdf into one document, writing to out.pdf.
cpdf -split in.pdf -o Chunk%%%.pdf -chunk 10
Split in.pdf into ten-page chunks, writing them to Chunk001.pdf, Chunk002.pdf etc.
cpdf -split-at-bookmarks 0 in.pdf -o @N.pdf
Split in.pdf on bookmark boundaries, writing each to a file whose name is the bookmark label.
3. Pages
cpdf -scale-page "2 2" in.pdf -o out.pdf
Scale both the dimensions and contents of in.pdf by a factor of two in x and y directions.
cpdf -scale-to-fit usletterportrait in.pdf -o out.pdf
Scale the pages in in.pdf to fit the US Letter page size, writing to out.pdf
cpdf -shift "26pt 18mm" in.pdf -o out.pdf
Shift the contents of the page by 26 pts in the x direction, and 18 millimetres in the y direction, writing to out.pdf
cpdf -rotate-contents 90 in.pdf -o out.pdf
Rotate the contents of the pages in in.pdf by ninety degrees and write to out.pdf.
cpdf -crop "0 0 600pt 400pt" in.pdf -o out.pdf
Crop the pages in in.pdf to a 600 pts by 400 pts rectangle.
4. Encryption and Decryption
cpdf -encrypt 128bit fred joe in.pdf -o out.pdf
Encrypt in.pdf using 128bit PDF encryption using the user password fred and the owner password joe and writing the encrypted file to out.pdf
cpdf -decrypt in.pdf owner=fred -o out.pdf
Decrypt in.pdf using the owner password, writing to out.pdf.
5. Compression
cpdf -compress in.pdf -o out.pdf
Compress the data streams in in.pdf, writing the result to out.pdf.
cpdf -decompress in.pdf -o out.pdf
Decompress the data streams in in.pdf, writing to out.pdf.
6. Bookmarks
cpdf -list-bookmarks in.pdf
List the bookmarks in in.pdf. This would produce:
0 "Part 1" 1 open
1 "Part 1A" 2
2 "Part 1B" 3
0 "Part 2" 4
1 "Part 2a" 5
cpdf -add-bookmarks bookmarks.txt in.pdf -o out.pdf
Add bookmarks in the same form from a prepared file bookmarks.txt to in.pdf, writing to out.pdf.7. Presentations
cpdf -presentation in.pdf 2-end trans Split -duration 10 -o out.pdf
Use the Split style to build a presentation from the PDF in.pdf, each slide staying 10 seconds on screen unless manually advanced. The first page, being a title does not move on automatically, and has no transition effect.
8. Logos, Watermarks and Stamps
cpdf -stamp-on watermark.pdf in.pdf -o out.pdf
Stamp the file watermark.pdf on to each page of in.pdf, writing the result to out.pdf.
cpdf -topleft 10 -font Courier -add-text "Page %Page\nDate %d-%m-%Y" Add a page number and date to all the pages in in.pdf using the Courier font, writing to out.pdf
cpdf -twoup-stack in.pdf -o out.pdf
Two up impose the file in.pdf, writing to out.pdf
cpdf -pad-after 1,3,4 in.pdf -o out.pdf
Add extra blank pages after pages one, three and four of a document.
cpdf -list-annotations in.pdf
List the annotations in a file in.pdf to standard output. This might produce:
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cpdf -copy-annotations from.pdf in.pdf -o out.pdf
Copy the annotations from from.pdf to in.pdf, writing to out.pdf.
cpdf -set-title "The New Title" in.pdf -o out.pdf
Set the document title of in.pdf. writing to out.pdf.
cpdf -hide-toolbar in.pdf -o out.pdf
Set the document in.pdf to open with the Acrobat Viewer's toolbar hidden, writing to out.pdf.
cpdf -set-metadata metadata.xml in.pdf -o out.pdf
Set the metadata in a PDF in.pdf to the contents of the file metadata.xml, and write the output to out.pdf.
cpdf -set-page-layout TwoColumnRight in.pdf -o out.pdf
Set the document in.pdf to open in Acrobat Viewer showing two columns of pages, starting on the right, putting the result in out.pdf.
cpdf -set-page-mode FullScreen in.pdf -o out.pdf
Set the document in.pdf to open in Acrobat Viewer in full screen mode, putting the result in out.pdf.
cpdf -attach-file sheet.xls in.pdf -o out.pdf
Attach the file sheet.xls to in.pdf, writing to out.pdf.
cpdf -remove-attachments in.pdf -o out.pdf
Remove any attachments from in.pdf, writing to out.pdf.
cpdf -blacktext in.pdf -o out.pdf
Blacken all the text in in.pdf, writing to out.pdf.
cpdf -thinlines 2pt in.pdf -o out.pdf
Make sure all lines in in.pdf are at least 2 pts wide, writing to out.pdf.
9. Multipage Facilities
10. Annotations
Annotation text content 1
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Annotation text content 2
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11. Document Information and Metadata
12. File Attachments
13. Miscellaneous