pdftotext
Convert PDF files to plain text format. More information: https://www.xpdfreader.com/pdftotext-man.html.
- Convert
filename.pdf
to plain text and print it tostdout
:
pdftotext {{filename.pdf}} -
- Convert
filename.pdf
to plain text and save it asfilename.txt
:
pdftotext {{filename.pdf}}
- Convert
filename.pdf
to plain text and preserve the layout:
pdftotext -layout {{filename.pdf}}
- Convert
input.pdf
to plain text and save it asoutput.txt
:
pdftotext {{input.pdf}} {{output.txt}}
- Convert pages 2, 3 and 4 of
input.pdf
to plain text and save them asoutput.txt
:
pdftotext -f {{2}} -l {{4}} {{input.pdf}} {{output.txt}}