Command-line tool

xpdf

brew/xpdf

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PDF viewer

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install xpdf

Linux

brew install xpdf

Open a PDF file

xpdf path/to/file.pdf

Open a specific page in a PDF file

xpdf path/to/file.pdf :page_number

Open a compressed PDF file

xpdf path/to/file.pdf.tar

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• PDF tools

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