EXTRACTALLIMAGES(1)
π EXTRACTALLIMAGES.PL β like, the whole NAME situation β¨
okay so bestie, this is extractallimages.pl β it saves copies of all the PDF images into a directory. that's the whole gig. main character energy fr fr π
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
extractallimages.pl [options] infile.pdf outdirectory
Options:
-O --only=imnum only output the specified images (can be used mutliple times)
-S --skip=imnum don't output the specified images (can be used mutliple times)
-v --verbose print diagnostic messages
-h --help verbose help message
-V --version print CAM::PDF version
so imnum is a comma-separated list of integers β and those integers are the images in the order they show up in the PDF, iykyk. π¦ need the image numbers first? run listimages.pl, it literally exists for this π
β¨ DESCRIPTION β¨
heads up bestie: this whole thing requires the ImageMagick convert program to be available. no convert, no vibes. π
what it does: it searches the PDF for images and saves them as individual files in the directory you specified. the files get named <imnum>.jpg or <imnum>.gif β iconic, consistent, no notes π
π OPTIONS π
-O,--only=imnumβ only output the specified images. you can use this multiple times (yes, multiple, stack 'em up) π-S,--skip=imnumβ don't output the specified images. also stackable, use it multiple times π«-v,--verboseβ print diagnostic messages, so you can actually see what's happening π«Ά-h,--helpβ a verbose help message, for when you need the full lore π-V,--versionβ prints theCAM::PDFversion β
π¦ SEE ALSO π¦
CAM::PDFcrunchjpgs.pllistimages.plextractjpgs.pluninlinepdfimages.pl
like, go read those too, they're all in the same friend group π
π AUTHOR π
see CAM::PDF β that's where the author deets live, bestie π§
and that's a wrap! π this page is from perl v5.42.3, dated 2013-08-15 β vintage but still slaying β¨ mwah, go extract some images π
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixos 26.05: perl5.42.3-CAM-PDF 1.60
- nixpkgs unstable: perl5.42.3-CAM-PDF 1.60
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms