Re: pdf to text
From: Unruh (unruh-spam_at_physics.ubc.ca)
Date: 07/30/05
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Date: 30 Jul 2005 08:03:54 GMT
Bud <bud@bud.localhost> writes:
>Eric wrote:
>> x86, MLE 2005
>> I've got a pdf file that i want to convert to text so i can check for some
>> specific lines of text from a script. This pdf is published and updated
>> regularly by the ins so you can check if a visa has been approved. Its a
>> basic pdf, not locked or eanything like that. I use wget to download it
>> and then I want to scan for the correct ID number and then send myself an
>> email if that status is there. The only part i cant figure out how to do is
>> to convert the pdf to text, i can get it to postscript but then i still
>> cant read it
>> How do i convert pdf to text or even ps to text?
>> Thanks
>> Eric
>If you'd learn to use the command apropos you could see there are several
>ways to do it. In a terminal apropos pdf .
I tried pdftotext on a one page pdf file. I got two words of text a bit of
junk ( open and closed paraentathese, @, ) and that was it.
Ie, your mileage may vary.
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