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tabula: Extract tables from page 1 of a PDF, guessing which portion of the page to examine.

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$ tabula --guess --pages ${1} ${file-pdf}

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The given command is using the "tabula" command-line tool to extract tables from a PDF file.

Here is the breakdown of the command:

"tabula": Specifies the command-line tool for performing tabular data extraction from PDFs.
"--guess": Instructs the tool to guess the portion of the page on which the table exists.
"--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.

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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