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Subject: Re: PDF inventory software
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illoai@gmail.com wrote:
> 2009/6/9 Daniel Underwood <djuatdelta@gmail.com>:
>   
>> I'm trying to convert all PDF files in a directory to text using
>> "pdftotext".  I tried the following command:
>>
>> $ find *.pdf | xargs -0 pdftotext
>> Error: Couldn't open file 'Ross-JAMA-2007 (Prostate Screening Strategies).pdf
>> Sanda-JAMA-2009 (Prostate Cancer Treatment).pdf
>> '
>>
>> Why is this not working?
>>     
What about:
$ find *.pdf -exec pdftotext {} \; ?