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10.4: Batch text conversion with textutil
Great hint on a great utility. I never knew this command existed. This could easily be used to convert a folder of documents for viewing on an iPod. Now to find a util to pull text out of a pdf file...
Ghostscript can convert PDF to text
Ghostscript can convert PDF files to plain text, though you might not be terribly happy with the results. That's not Ghostscript's fault, though--it depends entirely on the nature of the particular PDF in question. For example, if the text was converted to paths before being outputted as PDF, you won't get anything. Often, kerning is done by starting a new block of text at that point, which can r esul t in w eir d gap s in t he t e x t. And so on.
10.4: Batch text conversion with textutil
10.4: Batch text conversion with textutil
textutil actually used to be able to convert from pdf files in the original release of Tiger. However, somewhere around the 10.4.4 update, this feature was taken away. I had to revert to pdftotext from Xpdf: http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/download.html |
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