Extract Attachments

This command extracts attachments from a PDF document. If you want to remove an extracted document you can do this using attach remove. Have a look at some examples.

Usage

pdfcpu attachments extract inFile outDir [file...]

Common Flags

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

Arguments

name	description	required
inFile	PDF input file	yes
outDir	output directory	yes
file…	one or more attachments to be extracted	no

Examples

Extract a specific attachment from ledger.pdf into out:

$ pdfcpu attach extract ledger.pdf out invoice1.pdf
writing out/invoice.pdf

Extract all attachments of ledger.pdf into out:

$ pdfcpu attach extract ledger.pdf out
writing out/invoice1.pdf
writing out/invoice2.pdf
writing out/invoice3.pdf