Hi warmsuns, as you need to convert the pdf to text you can use the existing CPAN modules

PDF::API2

CAM::PDF

CAM::PDF::PageText

Untested code:

use strict;
use warnings;
use utf8;

use CAM::PDF;
use CAM::PDF::PageText;

my $FileName = shift || die "Usage:Command line argument Missing. Give
+ a PDF file as argument\n";

my $Pdf_Obj = CAM::PDF->new($FileName);

print text_from_page(1);

sub Text_From_Page 
{
    my $pg_num = shift;
    return CAM::PDF::PageText->render($pdf->getPageContentTree($pg_num
+));
}
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