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tabula:tldr:d54e6
tabula: Extract tables from pages 1, 2, 3, and 6 of a PDF.
$ tabula --pages ${1-3,6} ${file-pdf}
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The command "tabula --pages ${1-3,6} ${file-pdf}" calls the tabula utility and passes some arguments to it.
Explanation of the command:
- "tabula" is a utility used for extracting tables from PDFs.
- "--pages" is an option used to specify the specific pages from which the tables should be extracted.
- "${1-3,6}" specifies the range of pages from which the tables should be extracted. In this case, it extracts tables from pages 1, 2, 3, and 6.
- "${file-pdf}" is a placeholder for the input PDF file from which the tables are to be extracted. The actual file name or path should be provided here.
In summary, the command executes the tabula utility and instructs it to extract tables from specific pages of a given PDF file.
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.