pdftohtml - Man Page

• Convert a PDF file to an HTML file: pdftohtml path/to/file.pdf path/to/output_file.html
• Ignore images in the PDF file: pdftohtml -i path/to/file.pdf path/to/output_file.html
• Generate a single HTML file that includes all PDF pages: pdftohtml -s path/to/file.pdf path/to/output_file.html
• Convert a PDF file to an XML file: pdftohtml -xml path/to/file.pdf path/to/output_file.xml

tldr.sh

pdftohtml [options] <PDF-file> [<HTML-file> <XML-file>]

This manual page documents briefly the pdftohtml command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

pdftohtml is a program that converts PDF documents into HTML. It generates its output in the current working directory.  If PDF-file is ´-', it reads the PDF file from stdin.

A summary of options are included below.

-h,  -help

Show summary of options.

-f <int>

first page to print

-l <int>

last page to print

-q

do not print any messages or errors

-v

print copyright and version info

-p

exchange .pdf links with .html

-c

generate complex output

-s

generate single HTML that includes all pages

-dataurls

use data URLs instead of external images in HTML. No available in all platforms

-i

ignore images

-noframes

generate no frames. Not supported in complex output mode.

-stdout

use standard output

-zoom <fp>

zoom the PDF document (default 1.5) (1 means 72 DPI)

-xml

output for XML post-processing

-noroundcoord

do not round coordinates (with XML output only)

-enc <string>

output text encoding name

-opw <string>

owner password (for encrypted files)

-upw <string>

user password (for encrypted files)

-hidden

force hidden text extraction

-fmt

image file format for Splash output (png or jpg). If complex is selected, but -fmt is not specified, -fmt png will be assumed

-nomerge

do not merge paragraphs

-nodrm

override document DRM settings

-wbt <fp>

adjust the word break threshold percent. Default is 10. Word break occurs when distance between two adjacent characters is greater than this percent of character height.

-fontfullname

outputs the font name without any substitutions.

Pdftohtml was developed by Gueorgui Ovtcharov and Rainer Dorsch. It is based and benefits a lot from Derek Noonburg's xpdf package.

This manual page was written by Søren Boll Overgaard <boll@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

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