Aspose.PDF is a CLI tool which makes working with PDF files very easy. It supports the most common PDF operations. The application is powered by the Aspose.PDF for C++ library.
- Merge PDF files
- Split PDF files
- Extract text from PDF files
- Extract images from PDF files
- Decrypt PDF files
- Change user/owner password
- Optimize PDF files
- Rotate PDF pages
- Add watermark (stamps) images to PDF files
- Convert PDF files to grayscale
- Convert PDF to PDF/A
- Set headers/footers to the PDF document pages
- Add background image to the pages of the PDF document
- Rotate pages
- Sign PDF with digital signature
- Add page nummbers
- Render PDF pages to images
- Convert PDF to DOCX
- Convert PDF to XLSX
- Convert PDF to PPTX
- Import PS, PCL and save as PDF
- Convert SVG to PDF
- Convert TEX to PDF
- Convert XPS to PDF
- Create PDF from XSL-FO
To install asposepdftool on macOS using Homebrew, follow these steps:
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Add the tap for
asposepdftool:brew tap aspose-pdf/asposepdftool https://github.com/aspose-pdf/asposepdftool
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Install
asposepdftool:brew install asposepdftool
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Verify the installation:
asposepdftool help
This will ensure that the tool is installed correctly and ready for use.
Please share your feedback, bugs and suggestions for improvement on email [email protected] or free forum site.
asposepdftool optimize <input-file> [output-file]- <input-file> - initial file for optimization
- [output-file] - optional parameter if the name of the result file is not specified the source pdf file will be overwritten
asposepdftool text <input-file> [output-file]- <input-file> - initial file for extraction
- [output-file] - optional parameter if the name of the text file is not specified it will be the same as the name of the source pdf file with the ".txt" extension
asposepdftool images [-png] [-gs] <input-file> [destination-directory]By default, all images will be extracted as JPEG images. If you want to extract as PNG, please add -png key. Another key -gs allows to save gray-scaled images.
- <input-file> - initial file for extraction
- [destination-directory] - optional parameter, if the destination directory is not specified it will be the same as in the source pdf file
asposepdftool merge <PDF-sourcefile-1>..<PDF-sourcefile-n> <PDF-destinationfile>Merges source PDF files into destination PDF file. Use at least two source files.
asposepdftool split <PDF-sourcefile> <number of page to split at> [PDF-destinationfile-1] [PDF-destinationfile-2]Split source PDF file into two parts PDF files based on specific page position (number).
- <PDF-sourcefile> - initial file for splitting
- [PDF-destinationfile-x] - optional parameter, if the names of the destination files are not specified they will be the same as the source filename with suffixes '_1' and '_2' correspondingly.
asposepdftool addimages <PDF-source-file> [-out=result-file] <image-file-1>..<image-file-n>Add images to the end of the PDF document
- <PDF-source-file> - initial file for splitting
- [-out=result-file] - optional parameter, allows to set the result file namefilename with suffixes '_1' and '_2' correspondingly.
asposepdftool addstamp [options] <PDF-file> <image-file> [<result-file>]Adds the image as stamp to the PDF document.
Options:
- -pages=range range of pages to process. Example: -pages=1,3,5-7
- -bg image stamped as background
- -x= x coordinate of stamp
- -y= y coordinate of stamp
- -w= width of stamp
- -h= height of stamp
- -o= the stamp opacity. The value is from 0.0 to 1.0
- -r=90|180|270 angle of rotation
asposepdftool decrypt <PDF-file> <password> [<result-file>]Remove password protection from PDF document.
asposepdftool encrypt [options] <PDF-file> [<result-file>]Set password protection to PDF file
Options:
- -up=string user password.
- -op=string owner password.
- -alg=RC4x40|RC4x128|AESx128|AESx256 crypto algorithm. Default value AESx256
- -p=number permission as sum of the following values
| Permission | Values |
|---|---|
| PrintDocument | 4 |
| ModifyContent | 8 |
| ExtractContent | 16 |
| ModifyTextAnnotations | 32 |
| FillForm | 256 |
| ExtractContentWithDisabilities | 512 |
| AssembleDocument | 1024 |
| PrintingQuality | 2048 |
asposepdftool getinfo <PDF-file>Prints metadata.
asposepdftool setinfo [options] <PDF-file> [<result-file>]Set or update metadata in PDF document
Options:
- -title=string set document title
- -author=string set document's author
- -creator=string set document's creator
- -subject=string set document subject
- -keywords=string set keywords
- -creation=datetime update date of document creation
- -mod=datetime update date of document modification
asposepdftool fonts <PDF-file>Enumerate font in PDF
asposepdftool delete -pages=range <PDF-file> [result-file]Delete specified pages from the PDF document. Range is a string with page numbers (ex. -pages=1,3,5-7)
asposepdftool delete -pages=range <PDF-file> [result-file]Delete specified pages from the PDF document. Range is a string with page numbers (ex. -pages=1,3,5-7)
asposepdftool pdfa <PDF-file> [result-file] [-log=log-file]Convert the PDF document to PDF/A format. If the name of the result file is not specified the source pdf file will be overwritten
asposepdftool header [-header=string] [-footer=string] <PDF-file> [result-file] [-log=log-file]Set headers/footers to the PDF document pages
asposepdftool background <PDF-file> <image-file> [result-file]Set headers/footers to the PDF document pages
asposepdftool grayscale <PDF-file> [result-file]Convert PDF pages to grayscale format.
asposepdftool rotate <PDF-file> [result-file]Turn pages clockwise or counterclockwise in PDF document. Options:
- -pages=range range of pages to process
- -r=90|180|270 angle of rotation
asposepdftool sign [options] <PDF-file> [result-file]Sign the PDF document with digital signature Options:
- -page=int page to sign. Default value is 1.
- -sign=string signature in PKCS#7 fil format.
- -pass=string password
- -rect=x,y,w,h - rectangle for sign
- -reason=string
- -contact=string
- -location=string
- -image=image-file signature appearance
- -v means visible
asposepdftool jpg <PDF-file> [destination-directory]Save pages of the PDF document as JPEG images into specified directory. If the destination directory is not specified it will be the same as in the source pdf file
asposepdftool png <PDF-file> [destination-directory]Save pages of the PDF document as PNG images into specified directory. If the destination directory is not specified it will be the same as in the source pdf file
asposepdftool tiff <PDF-file> [<destination-directory-or-file>] [-separate] [-1bpp] [-skipblank] [-brightness=value]Save PDF document as TIFF image Options:
- -separate saves each page into separate tiff image
- -1bpp the color depth of resulting image is 1 bit per pixel
- -skipblank skip blank pages
- -brightness=value from 0.0 to 1.0 for 1bpp images. Default value is 0.33
asposepdftool apn <PDF-file> [result-file] [-font=font_name>] [-size=font_size] [-b] [-i] [-l|-r]Add pages numeration Options:
- -font=font_name - font for numeration
- -size=font_size - font size
- -b - bold style
- -i - italic style
- -l - left alignment
- -r - right alignment
asposepdftool docx [-ef] <PDF-file> [result-file]Convert the PDF document into DOCX format.
Options:
- -ef - set recognition mode to EnhancedFlow
asposepdftool xlsx <PDF-file> [result-file]Convert the PDF document into XLSX format.
asposepdftool pptx <PDF-file> [result-file]Convert the PDF document into PPTX format.
asposepdftool svg <PDF-file> [result-file]Convert the PDF document into SVG format.
asposepdftool xps <PDF-file> [result-file]Convert the PDF document into SVG format.
asposepdftool pcl2pdf <input-file> [PDF-file]Convert the PCL document into PDF
asposepdftool ps2pdf <input-file> [PDF-file]Convert the PS document into PDF
asposepdftool svg2pdf <input-file> [PDF-file]Convert the SVG document into PDF
asposepdftool svg2pdf <input-file> [PDF-file]Convert the TEX document into PDF
asposepdftool xps2pdf <input-file> [PDF-file]Convert the XPS document into PDF
asposepdftool xslfo2pdf <input-file> [PDF-file]Convert the XSL-FO document into PDF