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# pdfgrep
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> Search text in PDF files.
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- Find lines that match pattern in a PDF:
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`pdfgrep {{pattern}} {{file.pdf}}`
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- Include file name and page number for each matched line:
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`pdfgrep --with-filename --page-number {{pattern}} {{file.pdf}}`
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- Do a case insensitive search for lines that begin with "foo" and return the first 3 matches.
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`pdfgrep --max-count {{3}} --ignore-case {{'^foo'}} {{file.pdf}}`
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- Find pattern in files with a .pdf extension in the current directory recursively:
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2017-10-26 00:34:41 +01:00
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`pdfgrep --recursive {{pattern}}`
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- Find pattern on files that match a specific glob in the current directory recursively:
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2017-10-26 00:35:50 +01:00
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`pdfgrep --recursive --include {{'*book.pdf'}} {{pattern}}`
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