mupdf
MuPDF is a lightweight PDF, XPS, and E-book viewer.
TLDR
Open a PDF on the first page
Open a PDF on page 3
Open a password secured PDF
Open a PDF with an initial zoom level, specified as DPI, of 72
Open a PDF with inverted color
Open a PDF tinted red #FF0000 (hexadecimal color syntax RRGGBB)
Open a PDF without anti-aliasing (0 = off, 8 = best)
SYNOPSIS
mupdf [options] file
DESCRIPTION
MuPDF is a document viewer that can show PDF, XPS, EPUB, XHTML, CBZ, and various image formats such as PNG, JPEG, GIF, and TIFF.
OPTIONS
A description of each of the supported options is included below.
- -p password
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Uses the given password to open an encrypted PDF file. The password is tried both as user and owner password.
- -r resolution
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Changes the initial zoom level, specified as the resolution in dpi. The default value is 72.
- -A bits
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Changes the anti-aliasing quality, specified as a number of bits between 0 (off) and 8 (best). The default value is 8.
- -C RRGGBB
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Sets the full-page tint using hexadecimal color syntax. The default value is FFFAF0.
- -W width
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Page width in points for EPUB layout.
- -H height
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Page height in points for EPUB layout.
- -S size
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Font size in points for EPUB layout.
- -U CSS-file
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User style sheet for EPUB layout.
MOUSE BEHAVIOR
- Left mouse button click
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A left click on a hyper link follows the link. In presentation mode advances to the next page.
- Right mouse button click
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In presentation mode goes back to the previous page.
- Left mouse button drag
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Pan the page. Panning beyond the bottom or top edge will go to the next or previous page.
- Right mouse button drag
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Select text in an area. On X11, the selected text can be pasted in another application with a middle click. Press Ctrl+C to copy the selected text to the clipboard. On Windows, the selected text will automatically be copied to the clipboard.
- Scroll wheel
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Pan page up or down. Does not change page when reaching the bottom or top edge.
- Shift + Scroll wheel
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Pan page left or right.
- Control + Scroll wheel
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Zoom in or out.
KEY BINDINGS
Page navigation:
- . pgdn space
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Go to the next page.
- , pgup b backspace
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Go to the previous page.
- 123g
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Go to page 123.
- g, G
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Go to the first or last page.
- m
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Mark current page for snap back. Up to 256 pages can be marked.
- t
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Pop back to the latest mark.
- [0–9]m
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Save the current page number in the numbered register.
- [0–9]t
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Go to the page saved in the numbered register.
Zooming and rotating:
- +, -
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Zoom in or out.
- W, H
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Zoom page to exactly fit width/height of window.
- Z
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Zoom page to fit either to width or height of window.
- z
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Reset zoom level.
- [, ]
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Rotate page left (counter-clockwise) or right (clockwise).
- w
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Shrinkwrap window to fit the page.
- f
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Toggles fullscreen mode.
Panning:
- h, left, j, k, l, right
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Pan page left, down, up, or right.
Searching:
- /, ?
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Search for text forwards or backwards.
- n, N
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Find the next/previous search result.
Miscellaneous:
- <, >
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Increase/decrease EPUB/XHTML font size.
- r
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Reload file.
- p
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Toggle presentation mode.
- P
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Displays the current page number temporarily.
- c
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Toggle between color and grayscale rendering.
- C
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Toggle full-page color tinting.
- I
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Toggle between normal and inverted color rendering.
- E
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Toggle ICC color mode.
- e
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Toggle spot color mode.
- S
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Save updated document file.
- q
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Quit.
SIGNALS
- SIGHUP
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Sending a SIGHUP signal to the mupdf process will also cause the viewed file to be reloaded automatically, for use in e.g. build scripts.
ENVIRONMENT
- BROWSER
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When mupdf opens a link it first uses BROWSER to browse the link and falls back to "xdg-open" if BROWSER is not defined.
SEE ALSO
mutool(1).
AUTHOR
MuPDF is Copyright 2006–2019 Artifex Software, Inc.