1PDFSHOW(1)                  General Commands Manual                 PDFSHOW(1)
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NAME

6       pdfshow - show objects and streams that make up a PDF document
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SYNOPSIS

9       pdfshow [options] file.pdf [xref] [trailer] [pages] [grep] [object-num‐
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DESCRIPTION

13       pdfshow pretty prints the objects and streams specified on the  command
14       line.  Streams are decoded and non-printable characters are represented
15       with a period.  Specify objects with their number.  The  special  names
16       xref,  trailer  and  pages will respectively print the cross reference,
17       trailer, and the object numbers for all pages.  The special  name  grep
18       will  print  all objects in the file in a compact one-line format suit‐
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OPTIONS

22       -b     Print streams as binary data and omit the object header.
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24       -e     Print streams in their original encoded form.
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26       -p password
27              Use the specified password if the file is encrypted.
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SEE ALSO

30       mupdf(1), pdfclean(1).  pdfdraw(1).
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AUTHOR

33       MuPDF was written by Tor  Andersson  <tor@ghostscript.com>.   MuPDF  is
34       copyright 2006-2010 Artifex Software, Inc.
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38                                 July 19, 2010                      PDFSHOW(1)