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binary-output-to-terminal

All codes

  • Type: error
  • Kind: usage (the caller misused the API)

What happened

A command that writes a PDF was told to write it to standard output (-o -), and standard output is a terminal.

Why

A PDF’s bytes would fill the terminal with noise and can leave it in a strange state. The CLI writes binary output only to a file or a pipe.

How to fix

Redirect standard output to a file or a pipe, or write to a file with -o.

Example

Terminal window
$ laminapdf pages rotate scan.pdf +90 -o -
error[binary-output-to-terminal]: standard output is a terminal
  = hint: redirect standard output to a file or a pipe, or write to a file with -o
$ laminapdf pages rotate scan.pdf +90 -o - > rotated.pdf

Data fields

None.