/usr/bin/pdfimages --help — Chainguard OS Manuals

From poppler-utils 26.11.0-r0 (os), captured 2026-11-06 by running pdfimages --help (exit 0). permalink

pdfimages version 26.11.0
Copyright 2005-2026 The Poppler Developers - http://poppler.freedesktop.org
Copyright 1996-2011, 2022 Glyph & Cog, LLC
Usage: pdfimages [options] <PDF-file> <image-root>
  -f <int>                 : first page to convert
  -l <int>                 : last page to convert
  -png                     : change the default output format to PNG
  -tiff                    : change the default output format to TIFF
  -j                       : write JPEG images as JPEG files
  -jp2                     : write JPEG2000 images as JP2 files
  -jbig2                   : write JBIG2 images as JBIG2 files
  -ccitt                   : write CCITT images as CCITT files
  -all                     : equivalent to -png -tiff -j -jp2 -jbig2 -ccitt
  -list                    : print list of images instead of saving
  -opw <string>            : owner password (for encrypted files)
  -upw <string>            : user password (for encrypted files)
  -p                       : include page numbers in output file names
  -print-filenames         : print image filenames to stdout
  -min-height <int>        : images with smaller height will be ignored
  -min-width <int>         : images with smaller width will be ignored
  -q                       : don't print any messages or errors
  -v                       : print copyright and version info
  -h                       : print usage information
  -help                    : print usage information
  --help                   : print usage information
  -?                       : print usage information

Options (31)

Option	Description	Source
`-f` int	Specifies the first page to scan.	help + man
`-l` int	Specifies the last page to scan.	help + man
`-png`	: change the default output format to PNG	help + man
`-tiff`	: change the default output format to TIFF	help + man
`-j`	Write images in JPEG format as JPEG files instead of the default format.	help + man
`-jp2`	Write images in JPEG2000 format as JP2 files instead of the default format.	help + man
`-jbig2`	Write images in JBIG2 format as JBIG2 files instead of the default format.	help + man
`-ccitt`	Write images in CCITT format as CCITT files instead of the default format.	help + man
`-all`	Write JPEG, JPEG2000, JBIG2, and CCITT images in their native format.	help + man
`-list`	Instead of writing the images, list the images along with various information for each image.	help + man
`-opw` string	Specify the owner password for the PDF file.	help + man
`-upw` string	Specify the user password for the PDF file.	help + man
`-p`	: include page numbers in output file names	help + man
`-print-filenames`	: print image filenames to stdout	help + man
`-min-height` int	: images with smaller height will be ignored	help + man
`-min-width` int	: images with smaller width will be ignored	help + man
`-q`	: don't print any messages or errors	help + man
`-v`	Print copyright and version information.	help + man
`-h`	: print usage information	help + man
`-help`	: print usage information	help
`--help`	: print usage information	help
`-?`	: print usage information	help
`-1`	1D Group 3 encoding (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`-2`	2D Group 3 encoding (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`-4`	Group 4 encoding (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`-A`	Beginning of line is aligned on a byte boundary (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`-P`	Beginning of line is not aligned on a byte boundary (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`-X` n	The image width in pixels (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`-W`	Encoding uses 1 for black and 0 for white (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`-B`	Encoding uses 0 for black and 1 for white (in the manual page but not in --help)	man
`-M`	Input data fills from most significant bit to least significant bit. (in the manual page but not in --help)	man

Exit status (5) from the manual page

`0`	No error.
`1`	Error opening a PDF file.
`2`	Error opening an output file.
`3`	Error related to PDF permissions.
`99`	Other error.

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.