2009/6/9 Daniel Underwood <[email protected]>: > I'm trying to convert all PDF files in a directory to text using > "pdftotext". I tried the following command: > > $ find *.pdf | xargs -0 pdftotext > Error: Couldn't open file 'Ross-JAMA-2007 (Prostate Screening Strategies).pdf > Sanda-JAMA-2009 (Prostate Cancer Treatment).pdf > ' > > Why is this not working?
since xargs is expecting NUL for seperators you need th' -print0 primary with find -- -- _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
