[SOLVED] pdf conversion pdftotext

aclarck · 02-20-2018, 08:48 AM

Hello,
I am trying to convert a pdf document into a text file.
The pdf document is perfectly readable with Evince. Every char is correctly displayed.
When I am using pstotext the ouput is readable execpted some char like "-,é,è,à,...)
When I am using pdftotext the output is totaly garbled/unreadbale.
I did try with different encryption:
pdftotext -enc UTF-8 somepdffile.pdf
Latin1
Latin2
...
But the text output is still unreadable.
Any idea about what I am doing wrong with pdftotext ?

RandomTroll · 02-20-2018, 04:22 PM

What you report sounds like the file is PS, not PDF. What does 'file' report?

aclarck · 03-01-2018, 10:46 AM

That is it !

I am now using "pstotext" for the conversion and the conversion is successful.

Thanks.