Ok, how about this simple script after putting all the pdf files together in the same directory. for i in *.pdf; do pdftotext; done I just downloaded some pdf files and tried it and it works. either do it from the command line or make a file of it. make the file executable chmod +x filename or chmod and whatever permissions you want. Have it in the same directory as your pdfs and you can just do ./pdf_txt (that's what I named mine; yours can be any name you choose of course. Help this helps. Cheryl
