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Why do these packages insist on involving databases, web servers, etc.? Just give me a CLI package that takes a PDF and gives me text file as output.
by 1024core 5y ago
Why do these packages insist on involving databases, web servers, etc.?
Just give me a CLI package that takes a PDF and gives me text file as output.
- pjscott 5y agoYou might be interested in the library underneath, called Camelot: https://camelot-py.readthedocs.io/en/master/ https://camelot-py.readthedocs.io/en/master/ It's usable from Python or via a CLI.
- ur-whale 5y ago>Why do these packages insist on involving databases, web servers, etc.? wholeheartedly agree, and ... give a try to: pdftotext -layout somePDF.pdf -
- 1024core 5y agoThanks! That's what I've been using, but some tables give pdftotext problems :-(