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

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}}