Hi, I agree that this looks like it's not a valid file. As a matter of interest, what do you get if you run the PDF document through file? And not that it should make any difference, but at least the version of pdftotext that I have takes the output filename as the second non-optional argument, it does not write to standard out. I can't give you the version number of this version however as the PC it's on is currently somewhere on the high seas. It'll be here in about 6 weeks. Geoff. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list