Re: extract text from pdf

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Re^2: extract text from pdf by jeteve (Pilgrim) on Nov 08, 2006 at 13:32 UTC
I did try both of those .. without success. I got a pdf I've created with openoffice and pdftotext is able to extract text from it, whereas CAM::PDF (or File::Extract::PDF) gives me messy characters. `[jerome@saab pdf]$ getpdftext.pl -v ~/faxTaxHabitation2005.pdf ! " # $ % # & ' ( " ) * + + + ...` [download] And pdftotext: `[jerome@saab pdf]$ pdftotext ~/faxTaxHabitation2005.pdf txt [jerome@saab pdf]$ tail txt Merci de bien vouloir me confirmer ces informations par retour de fax +afin que je puisse proceder au paiment le plus rapidement possible au + numero suivant : ************* Cordiales salutations. ...` [download] The ideal would be a perl module linked to the xpdf C code .. :) -- Nice photos of naked perl sources here !	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^2: extract text from pdf
by jeteve (Pilgrim) on Nov 08, 2006 at 13:32 UTC

I got a pdf I've created with openoffice and pdftotext is able to extract text from it, whereas CAM::PDF (or File::Extract::PDF) gives me messy characters.

[jerome@saab pdf]$ getpdftext.pl -v ~/faxTaxHabitation2005.pdf
       




 
  
                 
                      
    ! " #  $ 

%  # & '     (
"  ) *

        + + +
...
[download]

[jerome@saab pdf]$ pdftotext ~/faxTaxHabitation2005.pdf txt
[jerome@saab pdf]$ tail txt

Merci de bien vouloir me confirmer ces informations par retour de fax 
+afin que je puisse proceder au paiment le plus rapidement possible au
+ numero suivant : *************

Cordiales salutations.
...
[download]

The ideal would be a perl module linked to the xpdf C code .. :)

-- Nice photos of naked perl sources here !

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