pdftotext

Convert PDF files to plain text format. More information: https://www.xpdfreader.com/pdftotext-man.html.

• Convert filename.pdf to plain text and print it to stdout:

pdftotext filename.pdf -

• Convert filename.pdf to plain text and save it as filename.txt:

pdftotext filename.pdf

• Convert filename.pdf to plain text and preserve the layout:

pdftotext -layout filename.pdf

• Convert input.pdf to plain text and save it as output.txt:

pdftotext input.pdf output.txt

• Convert pages 2, 3 and 4 of input.pdf to plain text and save them as output.txt:

pdftotext -f 2 -l 4 input.pdf output.txt