pdftotext

Convert PDF files to plain text format. More information: <https://www.xpdfreader.com/pdftotext-man.html>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/pdftotext.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install poppler-utils
Ubuntu
apt-get install poppler-utils
Alpine
apk add poppler
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S poppler
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install poppler-utils
CentOS
yum install poppler-utils
Fedora
dnf install poppler-utils
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install poppler-utils
OS X
brew install poppler
Raspbian
apt-get install poppler-utils
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/pdftotext
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/pdftotext pdftotext powered by Commando

Convert PDF files to plain text format. More information: <https://www.xpdfreader.com/pdftotext-man.html>.

  • Convert `filename.pdf` to plain text and print it to `stdout`:
    pdftotext filename.pdf -
  • Convert `filename.pdf` to plain text and save it as `filename.txt`:
    pdftotext filename.pdf
  • Convert `filename.pdf` to plain text and preserve the layout:
    pdftotext -layout filename.pdf
  • Convert `input.pdf` to plain text and save it as `output.txt`:
    pdftotext input.pdf output.txt
  • Convert pages 2, 3 and 4 of `input.pdf` to plain text and save them as `output.txt`:
    pdftotext -f 2 -l 4 input.pdf output.txt

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