Re: PDF to Text

Jeff Pang wrote: --- Mike Lesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all. Like it says, I need to extract the content of a PDF file. I installed the tool pdftotext, and it works fine for my needs. I recall there was a very simple module that used this to extract text, but for the life of me, I c

Re: PDF to Text

--- Mike Lesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all. Like it says, I need to extract the content > of a PDF file. > > I installed the tool pdftotext, and it works fine > for my needs. I > recall there was a very simple module that used this > to extract text, > but for the life of me, I can'

PDF to Text

Hi all. Like it says, I need to extract the content of a PDF file. I installed the tool pdftotext, and it works fine for my needs. I recall there was a very simple module that used this to extract text, but for the life of me, I can't find it on CPAN! Any leads? Using a command-line script

Re: help on converting pdf to text

Reader in order to extract the text, but I don't know how. Teddy - Original Message - From: "Jenny Chen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Perl List" Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 1:07 AM Subject: help on converting pdf to text > > Hi Everyone, > > Do

RE: help on converting pdf to text

I have not seen though I have looked in CPAN ( may have missed it) anything that says it will take from PDF to Text. Wags ;) > > > > > > Jenny Chen wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> >> Does anyone know how to convert a pdf file to text >> file in Perl? Thanks

Re: help on converting pdf to text

First off, realise that a pdf isn't just a marked up text document. It's a wrapper for images and text, movies and many other formats. If you have a text pdf, then the text is a postscript object catalogued somewhere within the pdf. I've never done this in perl, but there are many commercial uti

help on converting pdf to text

Hi Everyone, Does anyone know how to convert a pdf file to text file in Perl? Thanks Jenny -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]