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tabula:tldr:17766
The given command is using the "tabula" command-line tool to extract tables from a PDF file.
Here is the breakdown of the command:
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"tabula": Specifies the command-line tool for performing tabular data extraction from PDFs.
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"--guess": Instructs the tool to guess the portion of the page on which the table exists.
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"--pages ${1}": Specifies the page or pages from which the table extraction should occur. The
${1}
represents the value of the first argument passed to the command. -
"${file-pdf}": Refers to the PDF file from which the table extraction should take place. The value of
${file-pdf}
is most likely a variable holding the path to the actual file.
So, when the command is executed, "tabula" will try to extract tables from the specified page(s) in the provided PDF file. The "--guess" flag allows the tool to estimate the position of the table on the page.