List Viewer Preferences

This command outputs a list of any configured viewer preferences.

Have a look at some examples.

Usage

pdfcpu viewerpref list [-a(ll)] [-j(son)] inFile

Common Flags

name	description	values
v(erbose)	turn on logging
vv	verbose logging
q(uiet)	quiet mode
u(nit)	display unit	po(ints),in(ches),cm,mm
c(onf)	config dir	$path, disable
upw	user password
opw	owner password

Arguments

name	description	required
all	output all (including default values)	no
json	output JSON	no
inFile	PDF input file	yes

Examples

Display all non default viewer preferences:

$ pdfcpu viewerpref list test.pdf
Viewer preferences:
   DisplayDocTitle = true

Display all viewer preferences:

$ pdfcpu viewerpref list -all test.pdf
Viewer preferences:
   HideToolbar = false
   HideMenubar = false
   HideWindowUI = false
   FitWindow = false
   CenterWindow = false
   DisplayDocTitle = true
   NonFullScreenPageMode = UseNone
   Direction = L2R
   PrintScaling = AppDefault
   NumCopies = 1

Display all non default viewer preferences using JSON:

$ pdfcpu viewerpref list -json test.pdf
{
	"header": {
		"version": "pdfcpu v0.6.0 dev",
		"creation": "2023-12-05 14:23:56 CET"
	},
	"viewerPreferences": {
		"displayDocTitle": true
	}
}

Display all viewer preferences using JSON:

$ pdfcpu viewerpref list -all -json test.pdf
{
	"header": {
		"version": "pdfcpu v0.6.0 dev",
		"creation": "2023-12-05 14:24:04 CET"
	},
	"viewerPreferences": {
		"hideToolbar": false,
		"hideMenubar": false,
		"hideWindowUI": false,
		"fitWindow": false,
		"centerWindow": false,
		"displayDocTitle": true,
		"nonFullScreenPageMode": "UseNone",
		"direction": "L2R",
		"printScaling": "AppDefault",
		"numCopies": 1
	}
}