PDF to Text Command Line Examples

This page contains various examples of using the PDF to Text API in Command Line. The examples are complete and fully functional. Read more about how to convert PDF to Text in Command Line.

Basic examples

Basic examples

Convert a local PDF file to a text file

pdf2text -user-name "demo" -api-key "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d" \
    "/path/to/invoice.pdf" > "invoice.txt"

Convert url with PDF file to a text file

pdf2text -user-name "demo" -api-key "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d" \
    "https://pdfcrowd.com/static/pdf/apisamples/invoice.pdf" > "invoice.txt"

Advanced examples

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