Is the pdftotext command line tool for mac?

I would like to know if there is mac version of linux command line tool pdftotext?

keijo

Posted 2009-10-16T17:34:03.327

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You can grab a Mac version from Softpedia.

John T

Posted 2009-10-16T17:34:03.327

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If using homebrew:

brew install poppler

Jacinda

Posted 2009-10-16T17:34:03.327

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It should also be available in MacPorts in the poppler package.

sudo port install poppler

wfaulk

Posted 2009-10-16T17:34:03.327

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The current version 3.02pl1 is here: http://users.phg-online.de/tk/MOSXS/ (a little further down the page).

Softpedia is too old

Wolf

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2The link is broken now... – fatuhoku – 2013-04-15T23:52:13.797

Yes!! you can try directly from there site

Xpdf: Mac 32/64-bit: download (GPG signature)

or install via brew

brew cask install pdftotext

brew install xpdf

Skanda Shastry

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