PDF to Text Command Line Reference
Conversion from PDF to text.
usage: pdf2text [options] source
Source to be converted. It can be URL, path to a local
file or '-' to use stdin as an input text.
Options
General Options
The password to open the encrypted PDF file.
Set the page range to print.
Constraint:
- A comma separated list of page numbers or ranges.
Examples:
-
Just the second page is printed.
"2"
-
The first and the third page are printed.
"1,3"
-
Everything except the first page is printed.
"2-"
-
Just first 3 pages are printed.
"-3"
-
Pages 3, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are printed.
"3,6-9"
Ignore the original PDF layout.
Allowed values:
-
true, 1 or on
-
false, 0 or off
Default: False
The end-of-line convention for the text output.
Allowed values:
-
unix
Unix convension "LF" is used.
-
dos
Dos convension "CR LF" is used.
-
mac
Mac convension "CR" is used.
Default: unix
Specify the page break mode for the text output.
Allowed values:
-
none
No page breaks are inserted.
-
default
The standard page break code "FF" is used.
-
custom
A custom page break is used.
Default: none
Specify the custom page break.
Examples:
-
"END OF PAGE"
-
"----my page break----
"
Specify the paragraph detection mode.
Set the maximum line spacing when the paragraph detection mode is enabled.
Constraint:
- The value must be a positive integer percentage.
Default: 10%
Remove the hyphen character from the end of lines.
Allowed values:
-
true, 1 or on
-
false, 0 or off
Default: False
Remove empty lines from the text output.
Allowed values:
-
true, 1 or on
-
false, 0 or off
Default: False
Set the top left X coordinate of the crop area in points.
Constraint:
- Must be a positive integer number or 0.
Default: 0
Set the top left Y coordinate of the crop area in points.
Constraint:
- Must be a positive integer number or 0.
Default: 0
Set the width of the crop area in points.
Constraint:
- Must be a positive integer number or 0.
Default: PDF page width.
Set the height of the crop area in points.
Constraint:
- Must be a positive integer number or 0.
Default: PDF page height.
Miscellaneous
Turn on the debug logging. Details about the conversion are stored in the debug log. The URL of the log can be obtained from the
getDebugLogUrl method or available in
conversion statistics.
Allowed values:
-
true, 1 or on
-
false, 0 or off
Default: False
Tag the conversion with a custom value. The tag is used in
conversion statistics. A value longer than 32 characters is cut off.
A proxy server used by Pdfcrowd conversion process for accessing the source URLs with HTTP scheme. It can help to circumvent regional restrictions or provide limited access to your intranet.
Constraint:
- The value must have format DOMAIN_OR_IP_ADDRESS:PORT.
Examples:
-
"myproxy.com:8080"
-
"113.25.84.10:33333"
A proxy server used by Pdfcrowd conversion process for accessing the source URLs with HTTPS scheme. It can help to circumvent regional restrictions or provide limited access to your intranet.
Constraint:
- The value must have format DOMAIN_OR_IP_ADDRESS:PORT.
Examples:
-
"myproxy.com:443"
-
"113.25.84.10:44333"