Parsing PDF header (footer)

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Re: Parsing PDF header (footer) by ww (Archbishop) on Jun 09, 2011 at 12:07 UTC
"do it with Perl": yes "what module?": try searching CPAN for "pdf" The second bit is an example of a pre-requisite for help here. So also try reading On asking for help and How do I post a question effectively?.	[reply]
Re^2: Parsing PDF header (footer) by Anonymous Monk on Jun 09, 2011 at 18:42 UTC
Well... actually I tried this earlier and now, but without success. I would be grateful if you could give me a hint what module could do the job. You should not write a code for me, just help me with the direction. Thanks.	[reply]
Re^3: Parsing PDF header (footer) by Corion (Patriarch) on Jun 09, 2011 at 20:14 UTC
What did you try, exactly? Also Super Search will turn up many discussions relating to PDF documents. Maybe they are helpful to you?	[reply]
Re: Parsing PDF header (footer) by wind (Priest) on Jun 09, 2011 at 20:30 UTC
Try CAM::PDF. `use CAM::PDF; use strict; use warnings; my $filename = 'foo.pdf'; my $pdf = CAM::PDF->new($filename); for my $pagenum (1..$pdf->numPages()) { my $text = $pdf->getPageText(pagenum); if ($text =~ /looking for text/) { print "Found on $pagenum\n"; } }` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Parsing PDF header (footer) by Anonymous Monk on Jun 10, 2011 at 15:11 UTC
Thank you very much! Actually I must select according to the text in the header, not just the page nummer. But now I have a direction. Thanks again!	[reply]