| Linux / Unix Command: pdftopbm |
NAME
pdftopbm - Portable Document Format (PDF) to Portable Bitmap (PBM) converter (version 2.01)SYNOPSIS
pdftopbm [options] PDF-file PBM-rootDESCRIPTION
Pdftopbm converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to black-and-white image files in Portable Bitmap (PBM) format.Pdftopbm reads the PDF file, PDF-file, and writes one PBM file for each page, PBM-root-nnnnnn.pbm, where nnnnnn is the page number.
CONFIGURATION FILE
Pdftopbm reads a configuration file at startup. It first tries to find the user's private config file, ~/.xpdfrc. If that doesn't exist, it looks for a system-wide config file, typically /etc/xpdfrc (but this location can be changed when pdftopbm is built). See the xpdfrc(5) man page for details.OPTIONS
Many of the following options can be set with configuration file commands. These are listed in square brackets with the description of the corresponding command line option.- -f number
- Specifies the first page to convert.
- -l number
- Specifies the last page to convert.
- -r number
- Specifies the resolution, in DPI. The default is 150 DPI.
- -opw password
- Specify the owner password for the PDF file. Providing this will bypass all security restrictions.
- -upw password
- Specify the user password for the PDF file.
- -q
- Don't print any messages or errors. [config file: errQuiet]
- -v
- Print copyright and version information.
- -h
- Print usage information. (-help and --help are equivalent.)
SEE ALSO
xpdf(1), pdftops(1), pdftotext(1), pdfinfo(1), pdffonts(1), pdfimages(1), xpdfrc(5)http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/
Important: Use the man command (% man) to see how a command is used on your particular computer.
