Add Properties

This command adds property name/value pairs to a PDF document. Have a look at some examples.

You can also set the PDFs Title, Subject and Author.

Usage

pdfcpu properties add inFile nameValuePair...

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
nameValuePair	‘name = value’	yes

Examples

Adding a property:

$ pdfcpu properties add in.pdf name = value

$ pdfcpu properties add in.pdf 'name = value'

Adding two properties:

$ pdfcpu properties add in.pdf 'name1 = value1' 'name2 = value2'

Setting Title and Author:

$ pdfcpu properties add in.pdf 'Title = My title' 'Author = Me'