mutool audit

The audit command prints a report of operator and space usage for a PDF file.

mutool audit [options] file

Note

Command line parameters within square brackets [] are optional.

[options]

Options are as follows:

-o output file

Use the specified filename for the produced HTML report.


file

Input file name. The input must be a PDF file.


The output report

The report takes the form of an HTML document. The report assumes a fair degree of familiarity with the PDF format.


The first section of the file gives figures for the proportions of the file that are objects vs the overheads for storing those objects, for both objects inside and outside of ObjStms.

It also lists the size of as a percentage of the whole file.


The second section of the file gives figures for the usage of the different objects within the file.

The classification of objects is simplistic, but works in most cases.


The final section of the file gives figures for the frequency of use of different graphical operators within operator streams.

These figures should be taken as being indicative, rather than 100% accurate.