Usage

Use pdfcpu for a rundown of all commands:

  1. pdfcpu is a tool for PDF manipulation written in Go.
  3. Usage:
  5.     pdfcpu command [arguments]
  7. The commands are:
  9.    attachments list, add, remove, extract embedded file attachments
  10.    changeopw   change owner password
  11.    changeupw   change user password
  12.    decrypt     remove password protection
  13.    encrypt     set password protection
  14.    extract     extract images, fonts, content, pages, metadata
  15.    grid        rearrange pages/images into grid page layout for enhanced browsing experience
  16.    import      convert/import images to PDF
  17.    merge       concatenate 2 or more PDFs
  18.    nup         rearrange pages/images into grid page layout for reduced number of pages
  19.    optimize    optimize PDF by getting rid of redundant page resources
  20.    pages       insert, remove pages
  21.    paper       print list of supported paper sizes
  22.    permissions list, add user access permissions
  23.    rotate      rotate pages
  24.    split       split multi-page PDF into several PDFs according to split span
  25.    stamp       add stamps
  26.    trim        create trimmed version
  27.    validate    validate PDF against PDF 32000-1:2008 (PDF 1.7)
  28.    version     print version
  29.    watermark   add watermarks
  31.    Completion supported for all commands.
  32.    One letter Unix style abbreviations supported for flags.
  34. Use "pdfcpu help [command]" for more information about a command.

Core Commands

Choose on of the basic processing features:

  1. pdfcpu validate [-verbose] [-mode strict|relaxed] [-upw userpw] [-opw ownerpw] inFile
  2. pdfcpu optimize [-verbose] [-stats csvFile] [-upw userpw] [-opw ownerpw] inFile [outFile]
  3. pdfcpu merge [-verbose] outFile inFile...
  4. pdfcpu split [-verbose] [-upw userpw] [-opw ownerpw] inFile outDir [span]
  5. pdfcpu trim [-verbose] -pages pageSelection [-upw userpw] [-opw ownerpw] inFile outFile
  6. pdfcpu rotate [-v(erbose)|vv] [-pages pageSelection] inFile rotation
  7. pdfcpu stamp [-verbose] -pages pageSelection description inFile [outFile]
  8. pdfcpu watermark [-verbose] -pages pageSelection description inFile [outFile]
  9. pdfcpu nup [-v(erbose)|vv] [-pages pageSelection] [description] outFile n inFile|imageFiles...
  10. pdfcpu grid [-v(erbose)|vv] [-pages pageSelection] [description] outFile m n inFile|imageFiles...

Generate Commands

Convert images (jpg, png, tiff) into PDF:

  1. pdfcpu import [-v(erbose)|vv] [description] outFile imageFile...

Pages

Insert and remove pages:

  1. pdfcpu pages insert [-v(erbose)|vv] [-pages pageSelection] [-upw userpw] [-opw ownerpw] inFile [outFile]
  2. pdfcpu pages remove [-v(erbose)|vv]  -pages pageSelection  [-upw userpw] [-opw ownerpw] inFile [outFile]

Extraction

Extract components and resources:

  1. pdfcpu extract [-verbose] -mode image|font|content|page|meta [-pages pageSelection] [-upw userpw] [-opw ownerpw] inFile outDir

Attachments

Manage your PDF attachments:

  1. pdfcpu attachments list [-verbose] [-upw userpw] [-opw ownerpw] inFile
  2. pdfcpu attachments add [-verbose] [-upw userpw] [-opw ownerpw] inFile file...
  3. pdfcpu attachments remove [-verbose] [-upw userpw] [-opw ownerpw] inFile [file...]
  4. pdfcpu attachments extract [-verbose] [-upw userpw] [-opw ownerpw] inFile outDir [file...]

Encryption

Secure your PDFs:

  1. pdfcpu encrypt [-verbose] [-mode rc4|aes] [-key 40|128|256] [-perm none|all] [-upw userpw] -opw ownerpw inFile [outFile]
  2. pdfcpu decrypt [-verbose] [-upw userpw] [-opw ownerpw] inFile [outFile]
  3. pdfcpu changeopw [-verbose] [-upw userpw] inFile opwOld opwNew
  4. pdfcpu changeupw [-verbose] [-opw ownerpw] inFile upwOld upwNew
  5. pdfcpu permissions add [-verbose] [-perm none|all] [-upw userpw] -opw ownerpw inFile
  6. pdfcpu permissions list [-verbose] [-upw userpw] [-opw ownerpw] inFile

Other

Print Supported Papersizes

  1. pdfcpu paper

Print Version

  1. pdfcpu version