tldr/pages/linux/pdfgrep.md

pdfgrep

Search text in PDF files.

• Find lines that match pattern in a PDF:

pdfgrep {{pattern}} {{file.pdf}}

• Include file name and page number for each matched line:

pdfgrep --with-filename --page-number {{pattern}} {{file.pdf}}

• Do a case insensitive search for lines that begin with "foo" and return the first 3 matches:

pdfgrep --max-count {{3}} --ignore-case {{'^foo'}} {{file.pdf}}

• Find pattern in files with a .pdf extension in the current directory recursively:

pdfgrep --recursive {{pattern}}

• Find pattern on files that match a specific glob in the current directory recursively:

pdfgrep --recursive --include {{'*book.pdf'}} {{pattern}}