LISTPDFFIELDS(1)

📦 version 1.60, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

💅 LISTPDFFIELDS(1) — bestie's guide to listpdffields.pl

okay so real talk, this is a page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation section (yes, section 1, the perl girlies know), and it's literally just here to tell you about listpdffields.pl. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

listpdffields.pl — it prints the PDF form field names. that's it. that's the job. and it ate. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

listpdffields.pl [options] infile.pdf

Options:
  -s --sort           sort the output list alphabetically
  -v --verbose        print diagnostic messages
  -h --help           verbose help message
  -V --version        print CAM::PDF version

so you run it with [options] and then your infile.pdf, which is required btw, no cap. the options are all vibes-based and optional. 🦋

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -s, --sort — sorts the output list alphabetically. like, it puts your field names in order. icon behaviour honestly. ✨
  • -v, --verbose — prints diagnostic messages. so if you're nosy (same) this is your moment. 🔍
  • -h, --help — gives you a verbose help message. the full yap session. 🫶
  • -V, --version — prints the CAM::PDF version. good to know what you're dealing with, iykyk. 💜

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay bestie so here's the tea: it outputs to STDOUT all of the field names for any forms in the PDF document. all of them. every single one. no field left behind. 🧚

like, you point it at your PDF, it tells you what the form fields are called. main character energy from a tiny script, tbh. 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • CAM::PDF — the whole reason this exists
  • fillpdffields.pl — the sibling. different job. same DNA. 🍓

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

See CAM::PDF. that's the whole section. go look over there, they've got the receipts. 🙈

ngl this script does exactly one thing and does it slay, and honestly? we respect that. 🔥

and that's the page!! this grew from perl v5.42.3, dated 2013-08-15 — yes she's an elder but she's still iconic, and she shipped as part of the User Contributed Perl Documentation. mwah, bye bestie 💋✨

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