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pdftotext

List of commands for pdftotext:

  • pdftotext:tldr:26813 pdftotext: Convert `filename.pdf` to plain text and save it as `filename.txt`.
    $ pdftotext ${filename-pdf}
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  • pdftotext:tldr:393ec pdftotext: Convert pages 2, 3 and 4 of `input.pdf` to plain text and save them as `output.txt`.
    $ pdftotext -f ${2} -l ${4} ${input-pdf} ${output-txt}
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  • pdftotext:tldr:3c83b pdftotext: Convert `filename.pdf` to plain text and preserve the layout.
    $ pdftotext -layout ${filename-pdf}
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  • pdftotext:tldr:56864 pdftotext: Convert `filename.pdf` to plain text and print it to standard output.
    $ pdftotext ${filename-pdf} -
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  • pdftotext:tldr:fa32c pdftotext: Convert `input.pdf` to plain text and save it as `output.txt`.
    $ pdftotext ${input-pdf} ${output-txt}
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