mutool clean

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+The clean command pretty prints and rewrites the syntax of a PDF file. +It can be used to repair broken files, expand compressed streams, +filter out a range of pages, etc. + +

+mutool clean [options] input.pdf [output.pdf] [pages]
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+If no output file is specified, it will write the cleaned PDF to +"out.pdf" in the current directory. + +

-p password +: Use the specified password if the file is encrypted. + +
-g +: Garbage collect objects that have no references from other +objects. Give the option twice to renumber all objects and +compact the cross reference table. Give it three times to merge +and reuse duplicate objects. + +
-s +: Rewrite content streams. + +
-d +: Decompress streams. This will make the output file larger, but +provides easy access for reading and editing the contents with a +text editor. + +
-l +: Linearize output. Create a "Web Optimized" output file. + +
-i +: Toggle decompression of image streams. Use in conjunction with +-d to leave images compressed. + +
-f +: Toggle decompression of font streams. Use in conjunction with -d +to leave fonts compressed. + +
-a +: ASCII Hex encode binary streams. Use in conjunction with -d and +-i or -f to ensure that although the images and/or fonts are +compressed, the resulting file can still be viewed and edited +with a text editor. + +
-z +: Deflate uncompressed streams. If combined with -d, any +decompressed streams will be recompressed. If combined with -a, +the streams will also be hex encoded after compression. + +
pages +: Comma separated list of page numbers and ranges to include. + +

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