Re: Find text in PDF document?

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Thanks guys,

That's exactly what I was looking for...

>On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 19:17, Josep M. wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> Adobe has the version 5.x for linux free for
download >from adobe.com,just download
> or if you want a rpm visit here:
>
>http://www.mplug.org/phpwiki/index.php/RedHat8.0TipsTricks
>
>The adobe reader has search.  I have found that mine
>crashes if I search
>for text and don't find anything.  Haven't tried to
>figure out why.

>There is another way to search a pdf, use the
>/usr/bin/pdftotext program(part of the xpdf package)
>and pipe the result to grep:

>pdftotext <pdf-file> | grep <search-string>.

>The adobe reader is easier, if not for that search
>bug.

>Best Regards,
>Keith







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