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setpdfmetadata(1) General Commands Manual setpdfmetadata(1)

NAME

setpdfmetadata — PDF Metadata Updater

SYNOPSIS

setpdfmetadata input_pdf metadata_file output_pdf

DESCRIPTION

setpdfmetadata is tool to add and update the metadata of a PDF file. In particular, it can be used to add outlines (bookmarks) to a document. Furthermore, it can set the document properties (e.g. author, title, keywords, creator, producer).
The metadata may contain the following commands:

outline Level Page Bookmark
Add a PDF outline at the given level (0=chapter, 1=section, 2=subsection, 3=subsubsection, 4=paragraph, ...) and pointing to the given page number. Bookmark denotes the label text.
author Author
Sets the document author to the given value.
title Title
Sets the document title to the given value.
subject Subject
Sets the document subject to the given value.
keywords Keywords
Sets the document keywords to the given value.
creator Creator
Sets the document creator to the given value.
producer Producer
Sets the document producer to the given value.

ARGUMENTS

The following arguments have to be provided:

input_pdf
The input PDF file name.
metadata_file
The metadata file name.
output_pdf
The output PDF file name.

EXIT STATUS

The setpdfmetadata tool exits with 0 on success, and >0 in case of an error.

EXAMPLES

A setpdfmetadata usage example:

setpdfmetadata MyDocument.pdf MyMetadata.meta MyDocument-Updated.pdf
 

A metadata example: outline 1 1 Chapter 1
outline 2 2 Section 1.1
outline 2 4 Section 1.2
outline 1 6 Chapter 2
author John Smith
title An Example Document
keywords Example, PDF, setpdfmetadata

SEE ALSO

pdfembedfonts(1)

NOTES

This program is part of NetPerfMeter. The latest version of NetPerfMeter can be found on the NetPerfMeter Homepage at NetPerfMeter Homepage.

AUTHORS

Thomas Dreibholz, Homepage

June 14, 2026 setpdfmetadata