Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:20:32 -0500 From: LoH <lordofhyphens@gmail.com> To: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PDF inventory software Message-ID: <4A2EA7F0.60501@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <d7195cff0906091041y2da0bcbeoded2fb35b17d1d69@mail.gmail.com> References: <b6c05a470906081417x370edb66yb86fac71b462eab8@mail.gmail.com> <3D527043-AF88-4A26-8029-FD51159E6ABB@yahoo.fr> <b6c05a470906091018k3a2f7527o640a526949596141@mail.gmail.com> <d7195cff0906091041y2da0bcbeoded2fb35b17d1d69@mail.gmail.com>
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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 {} \; ?
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