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PDF to Text converter using ruby
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| #!/usr/bin/env ruby | |
| require 'pdf/reader' # gem install pdf-reader | |
| # credits to : | |
| # https://github.com/yob/pdf-reader/blob/master/examples/text.rb | |
| # usage example: | |
| # ruby pdf2txt.rb /path-to-file/file1.pdf [/path-to-file/file2.pdf..] | |
| ARGV.each do |filename| | |
| PDF::Reader.open(filename) do |reader| | |
| puts "Converting : #{filename}" | |
| pageno = 0 | |
| txt = reader.pages.map do |page| | |
| pageno += 1 | |
| begin | |
| print "Converting Page #{pageno}/#{reader.page_count}\r" | |
| page.text | |
| rescue | |
| puts "Page #{pageno}/#{reader.page_count} Failed to convert" | |
| '' | |
| end | |
| end # pages map | |
| puts "\nWriting text to disk" | |
| File.write filename+'.txt', txt.join("\n") | |
| end # reader | |
| end # each |
can you give us complete detail about this
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Thanks. Nice work.