Sorry, this last email was meant to be to the list. On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 8:41 AM, William Purcell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> I have been trying to do the same thing. Here is something I came up with, > although it's not completely dependent on Python. It requires pdftotext to > be installed. If your on a linux box, I think it comes in xpdf-utils but I'm > not comletely sure. Anyway, install pdftotext and then you could use this > function: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > import os > > def readpdf(filepath): > cmd = 'pdftotext -layout %s -'%(filepath,) > lines=os.popen(cmd).readlines() > return lines > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > I would like to find something totally Python, but this has worked for me > in a pinch. > -Bill > > > On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 5:00 AM, AON LAZIO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, Guys. >> I am trying to extract the PDF file content(to get the specific >> information) using python. I already tried pyPdf with no success. >> Anyone has suggestions? >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Aonlazio >> >> -- >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >> > >
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