Extract Metadata

Examples

Extract XML-Metadata from book.pdf into the current directory:

  1. pdfcpu extract -mode meta book.pdf .
  2. extracting metadata from book.pdf into . ...
  4. ls
  5. -rwxr-xr-x   1 horstrutter  staff    45K Mar  8 12:40 177_Catalog.txt*
  6. -rw-r-----@  1 horstrutter  staff   537K Jun  9  2017 book.pdf
  8. cat 177_Catalog.txt
  9. <?xpacket begin="" id="W5M0MpCehiHzreSzNTczkc9d"?>
  10. <x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/" x:xmptk="3.1.1-111">
  11.    <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
  12.       <rdf:Description rdf:about=""
  13.             xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
  14.          <dc:format>image/epsf</dc:format>
  15.          <dc:title>
  16.             <rdf:Alt>
  17.                <rdf:li xml:lang="x-default">Print</rdf:li>
  18.             </rdf:Alt>
  19.          </dc:title>
  20.       </rdf:Description>
  21.       <rdf:Description rdf:about=""
  22.             xmlns:xap="http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/">
  23.          <xap:MetadataDate>2011-12-23T14:44:17+01:00</xap:MetadataDate>
  24.          <xap:ModifyDate>2011-12-23T14:44:17+01:00</xap:ModifyDate>
  25.          <xap:CreateDate>2011-12-23T14:44:17+01:00</xap:CreateDate>
  27. etc...