pdftl Documentation

Welcome to the documentation for pdftl.

pdftl is a capable PDF manipulation tool that works as both a CLI and a Python library.

Overview:

• pdftl
• pdftl - PDF tackle 0.23.0.post23

CLI General topics:

• filter mode
• pdftl help
• inputs
• page specification syntax
• pipeline syntax
• shell completion
• signing PDF files

CLI Operations:

• add_bookmarks
• add_images
• add_text
• attach_files
• background
• barcode
• booklet
• burst
• cat
• chop
• clip
• create
• crop
• delete
• delete_actions
• delete_annots
• delete_attachments
• delete_blank
• delete_bookmarks
• delete_images
• diff_text
• dump_actions
• dump_annots
• dump_bookmarks
• dump_colorspaces
• dump_data
• dump_data_annots
• dump_data_fields
• dump_data_fields_utf8
• dump_data_utf8
• dump_dests
• dump_encryption
• dump_files
• dump_fonts
• dump_images
• dump_layers
• dump_signatures
• dump_streams
• dump_tables
• dump_tags
• dump_text
• export_fonts
• export_images
• fill_form
• filter
• generate_fdf
• grep
• highlight
• import_fonts
• import_images
• import_streams
• inject
• insert
• modify_annots
• modify_images
• modify_layers
• montage
• move
• multibackground
• multistamp
• mutate_content
• normalize
• optimize_images
• place
• recolor_images
• recolor_vectors
• render
• replace
• resample_images
• rotate
• set
• shuffle
• simplify_vectors
• stamp
• style_text
• tag
• unpack_files
• unpause
• update_bookmarks
• update_info
• update_info_utf8
• zoom

Misc:

• pdftl: Options for PDF output

Python API:

• Python API Guide
• Python API Reference

Project files:

• Changelog
• pdftl Notices