@hackage / pdf2line

Simple command-line utility to convert PDF into text

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  • Last updated , by AudreyTang
  • License LicenseRef-GPL
  • Categories Text Processing

  • Maintained by: Audrey Tang <audreyt@audreyt.org>

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"pdf2line" is a simple command-line utility to convert PDF into text.

It is based on "pdftotext" from the Xpdf suite, but with a different layout algorithm that preserves relative column position and line spacing.

To use it for anything other than ASCII text, you'd need to have a /usr/local/etc/xpdfrc or ~/.xpdfrc configured in a way that allows Xpdf's "pdftotext" to run correctly for your purpose.