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1. Install Python 2.4 or newer. (Python 3 is not supported.)
2. Download the PDFMiner source.
3. Unpack it.
4. Run setup.py to install:
   

   # python setup.py install
   

5. Do the following test:
   

   $ pdf2txt.py samples/simple1.pdf
   Hello
   
   World
   
   Hello
   
   World
   
   H e l l o
   
   W o r l d
   
   H e l l o
   
   W o r l d
   

6. Done!

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$ pdf2txt.py -o output.html samples/naacl06-shinyama.pdf
(extract text as an HTML file whose filename is output.html)

$ pdf2txt.py -V -c euc-jp -o output.html samples/jo.pdf
(extract a Japanese HTML file in vertical writing, CMap is required)

$ pdf2txt.py -P mypassword -o output.txt secret.pdf
(extract a text from an encrypted PDF file)

Options

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dumppdf.py

dumppdf.py dumps the internal contents of a PDF file in pseudo-XML format. This program is primarily for debugging purposes, but it's also possible to extract some meaningful contents (such as images).

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$ dumppdf.py -a foo.pdf
(dump all the headers and contents, except stream objects)

$ dumppdf.py -T foo.pdf
(dump the table of contents)

$ dumppdf.py -r -i6 foo.pdf > pic.jpeg
(extract a JPEG image)

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