pdfdetach Command Examples

List or extract attachments (embedded files) from a PDF file. See also: pdfattach, pdfimages, pdfinfo. More information: https://manned.org/pdfdetach.

• List all attachments in a file with a specific text encoding:

pdfdetach list -enc {{UTF-8}} {{path/to/input.pdf}}

• Save specific embedded file by specifying its number:

pdfdetach -save {{number}} {{path/to/input.pdf}}

• Save specific embedded file by specifying its name:

pdfdetach -savefile {{name}} {{path/to/input.pdf}}

• Save the embedded file with a custom output filename:

pdfdetach -save {{number}} -o {{path/to/output}} {{path/to/input.pdf}}

• Save the attachment from a file secured by owner/user password:

pdfdetach -save {{number}} {{-opw|-upw}} {{password}} {{path/to/input.pdf}}