# **pdftl - PDF tackle 0.19.0**
_A wannabe CLI compatible clone/extension of pdftk_
## Usage

```
pdftl <input>... <operation> [<option...>]
pdftl <input>... <operation> [<option...>] --- [<input>...] <operation>... [<option...>] ...
pdftl help [<operation> | <option>]
pdftl help [help | sign | filter | input | --- | pages | output | examples | completion | all]
pdftl --completion  (bash | zsh | powershell)
pdftl --version
```
|Operations||
|-|-|
|`add_bookmarks`|Add top-level bookmarks|
|`add_text`|Add user-specified text strings to PDF pages|
|`attach_files`|Attach files to the output PDF|
|`background`|Use a 1-page PDF as the background|
|`booklet`|Impose pages into printable booklet signatures|
|`burst`|Split a single PDF into multiple files|
|`cat`|Concatenate pages from input PDFs into a new PDF|
|`chop`|Chop pages into multiple smaller pieces|
|`clip`|Clip page content to a rectangle|
|`crop`|Crop pages to a rectangle|
|`delete`|Delete pages from an input PDF|
|`delete_annots`|Delete annotation info|
|`delete_blank`|Delete blank or near-blank pages|
|`delete_bookmarks`|Delete bookmarks|
|`delete_images`|Delete images|
|`dump_annots`|Dump annotation info|
|`dump_bookmarks`|Extract PDF bookmarks into YAML or JSON|
|`dump_data`|Metadata, page and bookmark info (XML-escaped or JSON)|
|`dump_data_annots`|Dump annotation info in pdftk style|
|`dump_data_fields`|Print PDF form field data with XML-style escaping|
|`dump_data_fields_utf8`|Print PDF form field data in UTF-8|
|`dump_data_utf8`|Metadata, page and bookmark info (in UTF-8)|
|`dump_dests`|Print named destination data to the console|
|`dump_encryption`|Print PDF encryption details and user permissions|
|`dump_files`|List file attachments|
|`dump_images`|Extract PDF embedded image metadata to JSON|
|`dump_layers`|Dump layer info (JSON)|
|`dump_signatures`|List and validate digital signatures|
|`dump_text`|Print PDF text data to the console or a file|
|`fill_form`|Fill a PDF form|
|`filter`|Do nothing (the default if `<operation>` is absent)|
|`generate_fdf`|Generate an FDF file containing PDF form data|
|`highlight`|Highlight text matching a regex pattern|
|`inject`|Inject code at start or end of page content streams|
|`insert`|Insert blank pages|
|`modify_annots`|Modify properties of existing annotations|
|`modify_layers`|Modify state, merge, or strip specific layers|
|`montage`|Impose pages onto a grid layout|
|`move`|Move pages to a new location|
|`multibackground`|Use multiple pages as backgrounds|
|`multistamp`|Stamp multiple pages onto an input PDF|
|`mutate_content`|Mutate page content streams using a user-supplied Python script|
|`normalize`|Reformat page content streams|
|`optimize_images`|Optimize images|
|`place`|Shift, scale, and spin page content|
|`render`|Render PDF pages as images or a single rasterized PDF|
|`replace`|Regex replacement on page content streams|
|`rotate`|Rotate pages in a PDF|
|`set`|Set document properties, viewer preferences, and page labels|
|`shuffle`|Interleave pages from multiple input PDFs|
|`stamp`|Stamp a 1-page PDF onto each page|
|`unpack_files`|Unpack file attachments|
|`update_bookmarks`|Replace PDF bookmarks from a YAML or JSON file|
|`update_info`|Update PDF metadata from `dump_data` instructions|
|`update_info_utf8`|Update PDF metadata from `dump_data_utf8` instructions|
|`zoom`|Rescale entire pages|

|Options||
|-|-|
|`allow <perm>...`|Specify permissions for encrypted files|
|`compress`|Compress output file streams (default)|
|`drop_info`|Discard document-level info metadata|
|`drop_xfa`|Discard form XFA data if present|
|`drop_xmp`|Discard document-level XMP metadata|
|`encrypt_128bit`|Use 128 bit encryption (obsolete and insecure)|
|`encrypt_40bit`|Use 40 bit encryption (obsolete, highly insecure)|
|`encrypt_aes128`|Use 128 bit AES encryption (default)|
|`encrypt_aes256`|Use 256 bit AES encryption|
|`fast`|Skip stream recompression for faster saving|
|`flatten`|Flatten annotations and form fields|
|`keep_final_id`|Copy final input PDF's ID metadata to output|
|`keep_first_id`|Copy first input PDF's ID metadata to output|
|`linearize`|Linearize output file(s)|
|`need_appearances`|Set a form rendering flag in the output PDF|
|`no_encrypt_metadata`|Leave metadata unencrypted|
|`output <file>`|The output file path, or a template for `burst`|
|`owner_pw <pw>`|Set owner password and encrypt output|
|`replacement_font <file>`|Replace the font used for all form fields with a TTF file|
|`sign_cert <file>`|Path to certificate PEM|
|`sign_field <name>`|Signature field name (default: `Signature1`)|
|`sign_key <file>`|Path to private key PEM|
|`sign_pass_env <var>`|Environment variable with `sign_cert` passphrase|
|`sign_pass_prompt`|Prompt for `sign_cert` passphrase|
|`uncompress`|Disable compression of output file streams|
|`user_pw <pw>`|Set user password and encrypt output|
|`verbose`|Turn on verbose output|