Validate
- Usage
  - Flags
  - Arguments
    - Mode
      - Strict
      - Relaxed
- Examples

Validate

This command checks inFile for compliance with the specification PDF 32000-1:2008 (PDF 1.7). Any PDF file you would like to process needs to pass validation. Have a look at some examples.

Usage

pdfcpu validate [-v(erbose)|vv] [-mode strict|relaxed] [-upw userpw] [-opw ownerpw] inFile

Flags

name	description	required	values	default
verbose	turn on logging	no
vv	verbose logging	no
mode	validation mode	no	strict, relaxed	relaxed
upw	user password	no
opw	owner password	no

Arguments

name	description	required
inFile	PDF input file	yes

Mode

Strict

This mode validates against the specification PDF 32000-1:2008 covering all PDF versions up to 1.7.

Relaxed

This is the default mode for validation.It behaves like strict but does not complain about common seen violations of the specification by PDF writers.

Examples

An example using strict validation:

pdfcpu validate -mode strict test.pdf
validating(mode=strict) test.pdf ...
validation ok

An example using default validation:

pdfcpu validate test.pdf
validating(mode=relaxed) test.pdf ...
validation ok