shell completion

Getting tab completions for pdftl in your shell

Details

To set up basic tab completion for pdftl:

Bash:

$ source <(pdftl --completion bash)

Zsh:

% source <(pdftl --completion zsh)

Powershell:

PS > pdftl --completion powershell | Out-String | Invoke-Expression

The first time you use completion, a cache file is generated to speed up future runs, which means the first run might feel a bit slow.

Notes:

ensure that pdftl is in your PATH if you want to use completion.
pdftk --completion will attempt to guess your shell and output appropriate code for you to source from the shell. It might fail, or be wrong.

output bash completion code. This must be sourced from bash.

pdftl --completion bash

output zsh completion code. This must be sourced from zsh.

pdftl --completion zsh

output powershell completion code. This must be sourced from powershell.

pdftl --completion powershell

attempt to guess your shell and output appropriate completion code.

pdftl --completion

Source: pdftl.cli.completion_setup

Type: HelpTopic