The command-line programs pdfopen and pdfclose allow you to control the X Window System version of Adobe's Acrobat Reader from the command line or from within a (shell) script. Supports Acrobat Reader 5.0.10 and 7.0 for Linux.

This version derives from one written by Fabrice Popineau for Microsoft operating systems.

The authors are Taco Hoekwater and Fabrice Popineau.