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The show command will print the specified objects and streams to
stdout.  Streams are decoded and non-printable characters are
represented with a period by default.

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mutool show [options] file.pdf [object numbers ...]
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Options:

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<dt> -p password
<dd> Use the specified password if the file is encrypted.
<dt> -o file
<dd> Write output to file instead of stdout.
<dt> -b
<dd> Print streams as binary data and omit the object header.
<dt> -e
<dd> Print streams in their original encoded (or compressed) form.
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Specify objects by number, or use one of the following special names:

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<dt> 'xref' or 'x'
<dd> Print the cross reference table.
<dt> 'trailer' or 't'
<dd> Print the trailer dictionary.
<dt> 'encrypt' or 'e'
<dd> Print the encryption dictionary.
<dt> 'pagetree' or 'p'
<dd> List the object numbers for every page.
<dt> 'grep' or 'g'
<dd> Print all the objects in the file in a compact one-line format
suitable for piping to grep.
<dt> 'outline' or 'o'
<dd> Print the outline (table of contents).
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