[PLUG] grep for pdf files?

[Vik Tara]

Convert it to text using pdf2text, will be much easier to process.

https://packages.debian.org/stretch/poppler-utils


On 08/01/2019 09:23, Uday P. Khedker wrote:
>
> Does anyone know a grep like utility for pdf files?
>
> I know that one can search using CTRL-F in evince but I want to search
> on command line for further processing.
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> Uday.
>
> -- 
> -- 
> signature.html
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Dr. Uday Khedker, Professor
> Department of Computer Science & Engg.
> IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India. 	
> Email : 	 uday at cse.iitb.ac.in
> Homepage: 	 http://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/~uday
> Phone : 	  91 (22) 2572 2545 x 7717, 91 (22) 2576 7717 (Direct)
>
>
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