Info

Print information about a PDF file and its attachments.

Usage

pdfcpu info [-pages selectedPages] [-j(son)] inFile...

Flags

name	description	required
p(ages)	page selection	no
j(son)	produce JSON output	no

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 files	yes

Example

$ pdfcpu info -u cm test.pdf
              Source: test.pdf
         PDF version: 1.7
          Page count: 1
           Page size: 21.00 x 29.70 cm
---------------------------------------------
               Title:
              Author:
             Subject:
        PDF Producer: pdfcpu v0.6.0
     Content creator:
       Creation date: D:20231223010752+02'00'
   Modification date: D:20231223010752+02'00'
           Page mode: UseThumbs
         Page Layout: SinglePage
        Viewer Prefs: HideToolbar = true
                      HideMenubar = true
                      FitWindow = true
                      CenterWindow = true
                      NonFullScreenPageMode = UseNone
            Keywords: key1
                      key2
          Properties: name1 = val1
                      name2 = val2
---------------------------------------------
              Tagged: No
              Hybrid: No
          Linearized: No
  Using XRef streams: Yes
Using object streams: Yes
         Watermarked: No
          Thumbnails: No
            Acroform: No
            Outlines: Yes
               Names: Yes
---------------------------------------------
           Encrypted: No
         Permissions: Full access

Use the pages flag to include page boundaries for selected pages in your desired display unit:

w … width
h … height
ar … aspect ratio

$ pdfcpu info -u po -pages 1,2 test.pdf
pages: 1,2
              Source: test.pdf
         PDF version: 1.2
          Page count: 2
Page 1: rot=+0 orientation:portrait
  MediaBox (points) (0.00, 0.00, 595.27, 841.89) w=595.27 h=841.89 ar=0.71  = CropBox, TrimBox, BleedBox, ArtBox
Page 2: rot=+0 orientation:portrait
  MediaBox (points) (0.00, 0.00, 595.27, 841.89) w=595.27 h=841.89 ar=0.71  = CropBox, TrimBox, BleedBox, ArtBox
---------------------------------------------
               Title:
              Author:
             Subject:
        PDF Producer: DOC1/EMFE v4.4M0p2286 + SCR 57461
     Content creator:
       Creation date: D:20150122062117
   Modification date:
---------------------------------------------
              Tagged: No
              Hybrid: No
          Linearized: No
  Using XRef streams: No
Using object streams: No
         Watermarked: No
          Thumbnails: No
            Acroform: No
            Outlines: Yes
               Names: Yes
---------------------------------------------
           Encrypted: No
         Permissions: Full access

Output a JSON data set:

$ pdfcpu info -json test.pdf
{
	"header": {
		"version": "pdfcpu v0.5.0 dev",
		"creation": "2023-08-20 00:24:45 CEST"
	},
	"Infos": [
		{
			"source": "test.pdf",
			"version": 1.7,
			"pages": 1,
			"title": "",
			"author": "",
			"subject": "",
			"producer": "pdfcpu v0.3.6 dev",
			"creator": "",
			"creationDate": "D:20201103224901+01'00'",
			"modificationDate": "D:20201103224901+01'00'",
			"keywords": [],
			"properties": {},
			"tagged": false,
			"hybrid": false,
			"linearized": false,
			"usingXRefStreams": true,
			"usingObjectStreams": true,
			"watermarked": false,
			"thumbnails": false,
			"form": false,
			"signatures": false,
			"appendOnly": false,
			"bookmarks": false,
			"names": false,
			"encrypted": false,
			"permissions": 0,
		}
	]
}