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(Created page with "Convert pdf to text (txt) file == On macOS == Installation * (optional) {{kbd | key=brew install poppler}} == Usage == <pre> pdftotext [options] [PDF-file [text-file]] </pre> == Documentations == * [https://poppler.freedesktop.org/ Poppler] * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppler_(software) Poppler (software) - Wikipedia] Category: Tool") |
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== On macOS = | == Installation == | ||
On macOS<ref>[https://brewinstall.org/install-pdftotext-mac-osx/ Install pdftotext on Mac OSX - Brew Cask | BrewInstall]</ref>: | |||
* | * {{kbd | key=brew install poppler}} | ||
On Ubuntu: | |||
* {{kbd | key=sudo apt install poppler-utils}} | |||
On Windows: | |||
* [https://www.xpdfreader.com/download.html Download Xpdf and XpdfReader] | |||
== Verify the installation == | |||
Run one of the following commands in your terminal: | |||
* {{kbd | key=which pdftotext}} — displays the executable path | |||
* {{kbd | key=pdftotext -v}} — shows the version number | |||
== Usage == | == Usage == | ||
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* [https://poppler.freedesktop.org/ Poppler] | * [https://poppler.freedesktop.org/ Poppler] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppler_(software) Poppler (software) - Wikipedia] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppler_(software) Poppler (software) - Wikipedia] | ||
* [[PDF conversion]] | |||
== References == | |||
<references /> | |||
[[Category: Tool]] | [[Category: Tool]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:34, 6 January 2026
Convert pdf to text (txt) file
Installation[edit]
On macOS[1]:
- brew install poppler
On Ubuntu:
- sudo apt install poppler-utils
On Windows:
Verify the installation[edit]
Run one of the following commands in your terminal:
- which pdftotext — displays the executable path
- pdftotext -v — shows the version number
Usage[edit]
pdftotext [options] [PDF-file [text-file]]