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| pdftotext.cat (xpdf-4.03) | : | pdftotext.cat (xpdf-4.04) |
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| pdftotext(1) General Commands Manual pdftotext(1) | | pdftotext(1) General Commands Manual pdftotext(1) |
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| NAME | | NAME |
| pdftotext - Portable Document Format (PDF) to text converter (version | | pdftotext - Portable Document Format (PDF) to text converter (version |
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| 4.03) | | 4.04) |
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| SYNOPSIS | | SYNOPSIS |
| pdftotext [options] [PDF-file [text-file]] | | pdftotext [options] [PDF-file [text-file]] |
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| DESCRIPTION | | DESCRIPTION |
| Pdftotext converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to plain text. | | Pdftotext converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to plain text. |
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| Pdftotext reads the PDF file, PDF-file, and writes a text file, text- | | Pdftotext reads the PDF file, PDF-file, and writes a text file, text- |
| file. If text-file is not specified, pdftotext converts file.pdf to | | file. If text-file is not specified, pdftotext converts file.pdf to |
| file.txt. If text-file is '-', the text is sent to stdout. | | file.txt. If text-file is '-', the text is sent to stdout. |
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| CONFIGURATION FILE | | CONFIGURATION FILE |
| Pdftotext reads a configuration file at startup. It first tries to | | Pdftotext reads a configuration file at startup. It first tries to |
| find the user's private config file, ~/.xpdfrc. If that doesn't exist, | | find the user's private config file, ~/.xpdfrc. If that doesn't exist, |
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| it looks for a system-wide config file, typically /usr/local/etc/xpdfrc | | it looks for a system-wide config file, typically /etc/xpdfrc (but this |
| (but this location can be changed when pdftotext is built). See the | | location can be changed when pdftotext is built). See the xpdfrc(5) |
| xpdfrc(5) man page for details. | | man page for details. |
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| OPTIONS | | OPTIONS |
| Many of the following options can be set with configuration file com- | | Many of the following options can be set with configuration file com- |
| mands. These are listed in square brackets with the description of the | | mands. These are listed in square brackets with the description of the |
| corresponding command line option. | | corresponding command line option. |
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| -f number | | -f number |
| Specifies the first page to convert. | | Specifies the first page to convert. |
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| -l number | | -l number |
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| skipping to change at line 102 | | skipping to change at line 102 |
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| Sets the encoding to use for text output. The encoding-name | | Sets the encoding to use for text output. The encoding-name |
| must be defined with the unicodeMap command (see xpdfrc(5)). | | must be defined with the unicodeMap command (see xpdfrc(5)). |
| The encoding name is case-sensitive. This defaults to "Latin1" | | The encoding name is case-sensitive. This defaults to "Latin1" |
| (which is a built-in encoding). [config file: textEncoding] | | (which is a built-in encoding). [config file: textEncoding] |
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| -eol unix | dos | mac | | -eol unix | dos | mac |
| Sets the end-of-line convention to use for text output. [config | | Sets the end-of-line convention to use for text output. [config |
| file: textEOL] | | file: textEOL] |
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| -nopgbrk | | -nopgbrk |
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| Don't insert page breaks (form feed characters) between pages. | | Don't insert a page breaks (form feed character) at the end of |
| [config file: textPageBreaks] | | each page. [config file: textPageBreaks] |
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| -bom Insert a Unicode byte order marker (BOM) at the start of the | | -bom Insert a Unicode byte order marker (BOM) at the start of the |
| text output. | | text output. |
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| -marginl number | | -marginl number |
| Specifies the left margin, in points. Text in the left margin | | Specifies the left margin, in points. Text in the left margin |
| (i.e., within that many points of the left edge of the page) is | | (i.e., within that many points of the left edge of the page) is |
| discarded. The default value is zero. | | discarded. The default value is zero. |
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| -marginr number | | -marginr number |
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| skipping to change at line 135 | | skipping to change at line 135 |
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| gin (i.e., within that many points of the bottom edge of the | | gin (i.e., within that many points of the bottom edge of the |
| page) is discarded. The default value is zero. | | page) is discarded. The default value is zero. |
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| -opw password | | -opw password |
| Specify the owner password for the PDF file. Providing this | | Specify the owner password for the PDF file. Providing this |
| will bypass all security restrictions. | | will bypass all security restrictions. |
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| -upw password | | -upw password |
| Specify the user password for the PDF file. | | Specify the user password for the PDF file. |
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| | -verbose |
| | Print a status message (to stdout) before processing each page. |
| | [config file: printStatusInfo] |
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| -q Don't print any messages or errors. [config file: errQuiet] | | -q Don't print any messages or errors. [config file: errQuiet] |
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| -cfg config-file | | -cfg config-file |
| Read config-file in place of ~/.xpdfrc or the system-wide config | | Read config-file in place of ~/.xpdfrc or the system-wide config |
| file. | | file. |
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| -listencodings | | -listencodings |
| List all available text output encodings, then exit. | | List all available text output encodings, then exit. |
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| -v Print copyright and version information, then exit. | | -v Print copyright and version information, then exit. |
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| -h Print usage information, then exit. (-help and --help are | | -h Print usage information, then exit. (-help and --help are |
| equivalent.) | | equivalent.) |
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| BUGS | | BUGS |
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| Some PDF files contain fonts whose encodings have been mangled beyond | | Some PDF files contain fonts whose encodings have been mangled beyond |
| recognition. There is no way (short of OCR) to extract text from these | | recognition. There is no way (short of OCR) to extract text from these |
| files. | | files. |
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| EXIT CODES | | EXIT CODES |
| The Xpdf tools use the following exit codes: | | The Xpdf tools use the following exit codes: |
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| 0 No error. | | 0 No error. |
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| 1 Error opening a PDF file. | | 1 Error opening a PDF file. |
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| 2 Error opening an output file. | | 2 Error opening an output file. |
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| 3 Error related to PDF permissions. | | 3 Error related to PDF permissions. |
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| 99 Other error. | | 99 Other error. |
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| AUTHOR | | AUTHOR |
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| The pdftotext software and documentation are copyright 1996-2021 Glyph | | The pdftotext software and documentation are copyright 1996-2022 Glyph |
| & Cog, LLC. | | & Cog, LLC. |
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| SEE ALSO | | SEE ALSO |
| xpdf(1), pdftops(1), pdftohtml(1), pdfinfo(1), pdffonts(1), pdfde- | | xpdf(1), pdftops(1), pdftohtml(1), pdfinfo(1), pdffonts(1), pdfde- |
| tach(1), pdftoppm(1), pdftopng(1), pdfimages(1), xpdfrc(5) | | tach(1), pdftoppm(1), pdftopng(1), pdfimages(1), xpdfrc(5) |
| http://www.xpdfreader.com/ | | http://www.xpdfreader.com/ |
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