$ tldr pdftotext
pdftotext
Convert PDF files to plain text format.
More information:
https://www.xpdfreader.com/pdftotext-man.html.
- Convert `filename.pdf` to plain text and print it to `stdout`:
pdftotext filename.pdf -
- Convert `filename.pdf` to plain text and save it as `filename.txt`:
pdftotext filename.pdf
- Convert `filename.pdf` to plain text and preserve the layout:
pdftotext -layout filename.pdf
- Convert `input.pdf` to plain text and save it as `output.txt`:
pdftotext input.pdf output.txt
- 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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