mutool barcode

The barcode command is used to either decode a barcode from an image or document, or to create a new barcode image.

This command may not be available!

It is only present if MuPDF was compiled with the ZXing barcode library.

Decoding barcodes

mutool barcode -d [options] file1.pdf [pages1] [file2.pdf [pages2] ...]

The options are:

-p password

Use the specified password if the file is encrypted.

-o output

The output file name (e.g. “output.txt”). If this option is not present, any text from decoded barcodes will be printed to standard out.

-r rotation

How much to rotate the input pages in degrees (0-360), before trying to decode any barcodes.

file1 and file2, etc.

Input file name. The input can be any of the supported document formats.

pages1 and pages2, etc.

Comma-separated list of page ranges. The first page is “1”, and the last page is “N”. The default is “1-N”.

Encoding barcodes

mutool barcode -c [options] text

The options are:

-o output

The output file name. PNG or PDF format is chosen depending on the file extension. If none is given, the default is out.png.

-F format

The desired output barcode format:

  • aztec

  • codabar

  • code39

  • code93

  • code128

  • databar

  • databarexpanded

  • datamatrix

  • ean8

  • ean13

  • itf

  • maxicode

  • pdf417

  • qrcode

  • upca

  • upce

  • microqrcode

  • rmqrcode

  • dxfilmedge

  • databarlimited

-s size

Set size in pixels for the output barcode. If not specified, the smallest size that can be decoded is chosen.

-q

Add quiet zones around the barcode. This puts an empty margin around created barcodes.

-t

Add human-readable text, when available. Some barcodes, e.g. EAN-13, may have the barcode contents printed in human-readable text next to the barcode, which is enabled by this flag.

-e level

Set error correction level (0-8). Some barcodes, e.g. QR-codes, support several levels of error correction, which can be customized through this option.

text

The text to be encoded into a barcode.