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# mutool

Run mutool without any options to see a list of available commands.

    mutool

Here are a few highlights:

`mutool draw`

  This is the more customizable tool, but also has a more difficult set of command line options. It is primarily used for rendering a document to image files.

`mutool convert`

  This tool is used for converting documents into other formats, and is easier to use.

`mutool show`

  A tool for displaying the internal objects in a PDF file.

`mutool grep`

  Search text content of documents.

`mutool extract`

  Extract images and embedded font resources.

`mutool clean`

  Rewrite PDF file. Used to fix broken files, or to make a PDF file human editable.

`mutool create`

  Create a new PDF file from a text file with graphics commands.

`mutool merge`

  Merge pages from multiple input files into a new PDF.

`mutool poster`

  Divide pages of a PDF into pieces that can be printed and merged into a large poster.

`mutool run`

  Do anything you can imagine!