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pdfattach — Add a new attachment (embedded file) to an existing PDF file. See also: `pdfdetach`, `pdfimages`, `p

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commandembeddednewclifileaddattachmentpdfattach

linux

Problem

How to use the pdfattach command: Add a new attachment (embedded file) to an existing PDF file. See also: pdfdetach, pdfimages, pdfinfo. More information: <https://manned.org/pdfattach>.

Solution

pdfattach — Add a new attachment (embedded file) to an existing PDF file. See also: pdfdetach, pdfimages, pdfinfo. More information: <https://manned.org/pdfattach>.

Add a new attachment to an existing PDF file:

pdfattach {{path/to/input.pdf}} {{path/to/file_to_attach}} {{path/to/output.pdf}}

Replace attachment with same name if it exists:

pdfattach -replace {{path/to/input.pdf}} {{path/to/file_to_attach}} {{path/to/output.pdf}}

Display help:

pdfattach {{[-h|--help]}}

Display version:

pdfattach -v

Code Snippets

Add a new attachment to an existing PDF file

pdfattach {{path/to/input.pdf}} {{path/to/file_to_attach}} {{path/to/output.pdf}}

Replace attachment with same name if it exists

pdfattach -replace {{path/to/input.pdf}} {{path/to/file_to_attach}} {{path/to/output.pdf}}

Display help

pdfattach {{[-h|--help]}}

Display version

pdfattach -v

Context

tldr-pages: linux/pdfattach

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