pdf files

[Luke Davis]

Some of the messyness can be got around with:

pdftotext file.pdf - | fmt 78 80 > file.txt


On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Adam Myrow wrote:

> The utility is called pdftotext and is part of the xpdf application.  It
> works from the command-line even though xpdf is graphical.  The syntax is
> "pdftotext file.pdf" and you get file.txt.  Often, it works out better if
> you type "pdftotext -raw file.pdf."  This often will make more readable
> output.  It's still pretty messy, but it's better than nothing.
>
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