Extract clean, readable text from any PDF file directly from the command line. This tool uses PyPDF2 to parse and output text in reading order—perfect for converting reports, articles, or forms into plain text for processing, summarizing, or archiving.
Extract text to terminal:
text
python pdf_text_extract.py document.pdf
Extract text to a file:
text
python pdf_text_extract.py document.pdf -o output.txt
$2.50