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1 The command line tools are all gathered into one umbrella command: `mutool`.
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3 For rendering and converting documents there are three commands available:
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5 * `mutool draw`: This is the more customizable tool, but also has a more
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6 difficult set of command line options. It is primarily used for rendering
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7 a document to image files.
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8 * `mutool convert`: This tool is used for converting documents into other
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9 formats, and is easier to use.
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10 * `mutool trace`: This is a debugging tool used for printing a trace of the
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11 graphics device calls on a page.
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13 There are also several tools specifically for working with PDF files:
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15 * `mutool show`: A tool for displaying the internal objects in a PDF file.
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16 * `mutool extract`: Extract images and embedded font resources.
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17 * `mutool clean`: Rewrite PDF file. Used to fix broken files, or to make
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18 a PDF file human editable.
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19 * `mutool merge`: Merge pages from multiple input files into a new PDF.
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20 * `mutool create`: Create a new PDF file from a text file with graphics
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21 commands.
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22 * `mutool portfolio`: Manipulate PDF portfolios.
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24 And finally, there is a tool for doing anything you can imagine:
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26 * `mutool run`: A tool for running Javascript programs with access to the
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27 MuPDF library functions.
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