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1 mutool show
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2 ===========
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4 The ``show`` command will print the specified objects and streams to ``stdout``.
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5 Streams are decoded and non-printable characters are represented with a period
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6 by default.
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8 .. code-block::
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10 mutool show [options] input.pdf ...
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13 Options are as follows:
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15 ``-p`` password
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16 Use the specified password if the file is encrypted.
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18 The output file name instead of using ``stdout``. Should be a plain text file format.
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19 ``-e``
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20 Leave stream contents in their original form.
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22 Print only stream contents, as raw binary data.
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24 Print only object, one line per object, suitable for grep.
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26 Force repair before showing any objects.
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28 Show object labels (how to reach an object from the root)
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31 Input file name. Must be a PDF file.
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33 ``...``
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34 Specify what to show by using one of the following keywords, or a path to an object:
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36 ``trailer``
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37 Print the trailer dictionary.
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39 ``xref``
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40 Print the cross reference table.
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43 List the object numbers for every page.
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46 Print all the objects in the file in a compact one-line format
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49 ``outline``
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51 "bookmarks").
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54 Print document level Javascript.
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57 Print form objects.
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61 trailer dictionary, or the keyword "trailer" or "pages".
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62 Separate elements with a period '.' or slash '/'. Select a page
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64 page is number 1.
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66 ``*``
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72 --------
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74 Find the number of pages in a document:
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78 mutool show input.pdf trailer/Root/Pages/Count
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80 Print the content stream data of the first page:
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84 mutool show -b input.pdf pages/1/Contents
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86 Print the names of all the font resources on all the pages:
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90 mutool show input.pdf pages/*/Resources/Font/*/BaseFont
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92 Show all JPEG compressed stream objects:
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96 mutool show input.pdf grep | grep '/Filter/DCTDecode'