pdfgrep
Search text in PDF files. More information: https://pdfgrep.org.
-
Find lines that match pattern in a PDF:
pdfgrep {{pattern}} {{file.pdf}}
-
Include file name and page number for each matched line:
pdfgrep --with-filename --page-number {{pattern}} {{file.pdf}}
-
Do a case-insensitive search for lines that begin with "foo" and return the first 3 matches:
pdfgrep --max-count {{3}} --ignore-case {{'^foo'}} {{file.pdf}}
-
Find pattern in files with a
.pdf
extension in the current directory recursively:
pdfgrep --recursive {{pattern}}
-
Find pattern on files that match a specific glob in the current directory recursively:
pdfgrep --recursive --include {{'*book.pdf'}} {{pattern}}
License and Disclaimer
The content on this page is copyright © 2014—present the tldr-pages team and contributors.This page is used with permission under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
While we do attempt to make sure content is accurate, there isn't a warranty of any kind.