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mutool:tldr:c8481

mutool: Convert pages 2, 3 and 5 of a PDF into text in the standard output.
$ mutool draw -F ${txt} ${path-to-input-pdf} ${2,3,5}
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The command "mutool draw -F ${txt} ${path-to-input-pdf} ${2,3,5}" can be broken down as follows:

  1. "mutool" refers to the command-line tool "mutool" which is used to manipulate PDF files.
  2. "draw" is a subcommand of "mutool" used to extract and render PDF pages.
  3. "-F ${txt}" specifies the format of the output. In this case, it is set to ${txt}, which suggests that the output will be in plain text format.
  4. "${path-to-input-pdf}" represents the file path or location of the input PDF file.
  5. "${2,3,5}" denotes the page numbers to be extracted and rendered. In this example, it specifies to extract and render pages 2, 3, and 5 from the input PDF file.

Overall, this command will use "mutool" to extract and render specific pages from a PDF file (${path-to-input-pdf}), while the output will be in plain text format (${txt}). The specific pages to be extracted are pages 2, 3, and 5 (${2,3,5}).

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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