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pdftotext
!!!pdftotext
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
CONFIGURATION FILE
OPTIONS
BUGS
AUTHOR
SEE ALSO
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!!NAME


pdftotext - Portable Document Format (PDF) to text converter (version 1.00)
!!SYNOPSIS


__pdftotext__ [[options] [[''PDF-file''
[[''text-file'']]
!!DESCRIPTION


__Pdftotext__ converts Portable Document Format (PDF)
files to plain 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.txt''. If ''text-file'' is -', the text is sent
to stdout.
!!CONFIGURATION FILE


Pdftotext reads a configuration file at startup. It first
tries to find the user's private config file, ~/.xpdfrc. If
that doesn't exist, it looks for a system-wide config file,
typically /usr/local/etc/xpdfrc (but this location can be
changed when pdftotext is built). See the xpdfrc(5)
man page for details.
!!OPTIONS


Many of the following options can be set with configuration
file commands. These are listed in square brackets with the
description of the corresponding command line
option.


__-f__ ''number''


Specifies the first page to convert.


__-l__ ''number''


Specifies the last page to convert.


__-raw__


Keep the text in content stream order. This is a hack which
often


__-htmlmeta__


Generate a simple HTML file, including the meta information.
This simply wraps the text in


__-enc__ ''encoding-name''


Sets the encoding to use for text output. The
''encoding-name'' must be defined with the unicodeMap
command (see xpdfrc(5)). This defaults to
__textEncoding__]


__-eol__ ''unix | dos | mac''


Sets the end-of-line convention to use for text output.
[[config file: __textEOL__]


__-opw__ ''password''


Specify the owner password for the PDF file. Providing this
will bypass all security restrictions.


__-upw__ ''password''


Specify the user password for the PDF file.


__-q__


Don't print any messages or errors. [[config file:
__errQuiet__]


__-cfg__ ''config-file''


Read ''config-file'' in place of ~/.xpdfrc or the
system-wide config file.


__-v__


Print copyright and version information.


__-h__


Print usage information. (__-help__ and __--help__ are
equivalent.)
!!BUGS


Some PDF files contain fonts whose encodings have been
mangled beyond recognition. There is no way (short of OCR)
to extract text from these files.
!!AUTHOR


The pdftotext software and documentation are copyright
1996-2002 Derek B. Noonburg
(derekn@foolabs.com).
!!SEE ALSO


xpdf(1), pdftops(1), pdfinfo(1),
pdffonts(1), pdftopbm(1), pdfimages(1),
xpdfrc(5)__
http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/
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