PDFgrep (CLI utility) ...alternative to firing up cumbersome Acrobat/Foxit...
Nifty utility to swiftly Search text inside PDF file(s); Works much like grep, except it operates on pages instead of lines.
Simple usage:
PDFgrep file searchstring
Can also search inside a bunch of pdf files at once:
PDFgrep -r --include *.pdf searchstring
Can even return the relevant page number hit
PDFgrep -r --include *.pdf searchstring -n
Binary distro package (1.7MB) comes complete with man page, usage examples, changelog.
Developer's site (includes additional PDF-related tools, besides PDFgrep)
http://soft.rubypdf.com/software/pdfgre ... ws-version
PDFgrep Win-32 binary:
http://soft.rubypdf.com/download/pdfgre ... -win32.zip
Tested under WinXP and Win7.
Recommended.
PDFgrep text search (CLI)
Re: PDFgrep text search (CLI)
I wonder what the Order purchase drop-down selection is for, commercial use? Doesn't appear to have any explanation.
- __philippe
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Re: PDFgrep text search (CLI)
That's puzzling me too,
the more so considering pdfgrep-1.4.0-win32.zip distribution package includes among which Hans-Peter Deifel
Furthermore,
it turns out this specific win32 product is actually a fork of the original GNU/Unix PDFgrep maintained by pdfgrep.org ,
plainly labeling itself as "Free Software Licensed under the GPL version 2 or later."
Developer HP Deifel by-line also figures in the version release annoucements.
Go figure...
the more so considering pdfgrep-1.4.0-win32.zip distribution package includes
- a COPYING file which is a plain "GNU General Public License".
- an AUTHORS file pointing to the original product's developers,
Furthermore,
it turns out this specific win32 product is actually a fork of the original GNU/Unix PDFgrep maintained by pdfgrep.org ,
plainly labeling itself as "Free Software Licensed under the GPL version 2 or later."
Developer HP Deifel by-line also figures in the version release annoucements.
Go figure...
- __philippe
- Posts: 687
- Joined: Wed Jun 26, 2013 2:09 am
Re: PDFgrep text search (CLI)
PDFgrep users,.. Beware
pdfgrep [OPTION]... PATTERN FILE...
whatever its PDFgrep.txt man page mumbles about it.
Trust me on this one,
I have been throwing enough of a tantrum over PDFgrep aberrant parsing of file names before the obvious cause finally dawned on me ...
pdfgrep [OPTION]... PATTERN FILE...
- FILE names ARE case sensitive, while
- PATTERN search strings are NOT
whatever its PDFgrep.txt man page mumbles about it.
Trust me on this one,
I have been throwing enough of a tantrum over PDFgrep aberrant parsing of file names before the obvious cause finally dawned on me ...